Contents

Each episode of Spontaneanation contains two segments: an interview with a special guest, followed by an improvisational scene that contains elements from the preceding interview, taking place in a setting given by that week's guest. Each interview begins with a question supplied by the previous episode's guest, without revealing their identity. Additionally, Tompkins begins each show with a brief improvised stream of consciousness monologue. The improvisational scene and monologue are scored by Eban Schletter on piano.

The podcast is notably different from Tompkins' previous podcast, The Pod F. Tompkast, in that it is entirely improvised, where the Tompkast featured pre-recorded bits and heavy editing.[1]

Because I’m used to everything I do being very involved with a lot of pre-production and post-production and I really wanted to be able to walk in, record and it's just done. And that's how I arrived at what is Spontaneanation.

Interview Question:What is your favorite thing to eat when you're feeling sad, and if you don't feed your feelings like I do, why are you a robot?Improv: Romantic tensions unfold around a dumptster in a Denny's Parking Lot.

Interview Question:Do you have a perpetual age in your head, that when you think of yourself you think of yourself at that age, and if so, what is the age and why?Improv: Customers try to negotiate the prices at a Mechanic's Garage.

Interview Question:Who was your hero growing up, fictional or otherwise? And if you could, would you trade places with that hero?Improv: A group of brothers plot for world domination and conduct their war on pronunciation at a Secret Society Meeting.

Interview Question:If someone asked you when you were 13 years old, 'Who are the five people you would invite to a dinner party' who would you have said?Improv: Couples deal with "traditional" problems and try to hide their relationship flaws at Mars Base 3.

Interview Question:What is the earliest memory you have of doing something cruel?Improv: A group of kids work through their messed-up family histories as they put on a show the Student Lounge at a Performing Arts High School.

Interview Question:You win a contest which allows you to draft a 28th amendment to the constitution, guaranteed to pass. The only stipulation is that it must be food-related. What is your amendment?Improv: Family drama and TV's Heidi Klum force students to think outside of the box at Science Fair.

Interview Question:Gun to your head - choose a reality competition show to come to your home.Improv: A group of theme park workers strive for better lives and more rewarding careers in the break room for costumed characters and ride operators at a theme park.

Interview Question:If you were forced to make a career change, and your success was guaranteed, what would you do?Improv: A cadre of clowns ponder their funny futures amid various conundrums in A Clown Cemetery.

Interview Question:If you could eat all the dessert and never have any ill effects, but all you could eat is dessert, would you?Improv: A group of friends deal with small talk and relationship troubles in the Little-Known 10th Circle of Hell.

Interview Question:You can use your rib to make another living thing, but not a human, what do you make?Improv: A teenage girl joins a band of pickpockets and occasional kidney thieves in her quest to become a woman Underneath the Eiffel Tower.

Interview Question:If days of the week had colors, what color would each day be and why?Improv: Two guys strive to overcome a spooky gypsy curse in an effort to get good Yelp reviews as they host Wine Tasting.

Interview Question:What was your best mistake?Improv: A group of immigrants navigate their way around staff disfunction and health code regulations in the storage room in back of hot dog stand at amusement park going out of business.

Interview Question:You can switch bodies with one person for one day - who would that be? And describe your one day as that person.Improv: A group of newscasters manufacture their own news on a day when "literally nothing happened" in a TV News control room.

Interview Question:What's one thing that everyone in the United States can agree on?Improv: Gregory Peck and Stanley Kubrick get together with a general from the Pentagon to fake a national accomplishment at The Moon Landing Taping 1969.

Interview Question:What's the worst fear you ever overcame, and how did you overcome it?Improv: A family man visits the Saltwater Tuffy Shoppe in New Jersey and has to deal with the shoppe's tough owners and the town's mysterious dentist, while learning what a saltwater tuffy is.

Interview Question:What's the dumbest thing that ever sent you to the emergency room?Improv: A woman takes part in a murderous, cross-country adventure as she tries to rent a Beautiful, Fancy Apartment in New York City.

Interview Question:What is a trait of yours that other people compliment you on most often?Improv: Two patients in a psychiatrist's waiting room in Freeport, Illinois make a wish and find themselves in a shared dream where Freeport does not exist, and they are mayor and first lady of it's replacement, "Jimsburgh".

Interview Question:What's the deal with Mario Lopez?Improv: An obese man gets hit with a shrink ray and embarks on an adventure to return to the proper size, with help from a Kleenex, a Tic Tac, and Abraham Lincoln, inside of a 40 year old woman's purse.

Interview Question:What is the loudest thing you've ever heard?Improv: A humble man of Scotch-Irish descent overcomes poverty, prophecies, and squirrels to save his ancestral home in the first class cabin of a 747 in the 1970s. The airline: Air Lingus.

Interview Question:If you could spend a week in any TV show, what would it be?Improv: Body swapping, workplace rivalries, and a boy stricken with Abdulajabbaris hurl the doctors into chaos in a Pediatrician Waiting Room.

Interview Question:What is your million-dollar idea?Improv: Invasive surgery and groundbreaking invention change the lives of a hapless trainee, his overbearing boss, and their forlorn customer in Margaritaville.

Interview Question: What's a good New Years's resolution?Improv: A hapless employee and several local business owners endeavor to help a woman do her laundry while a bitter marital dispute erupts outside a barbecue-serving nail salon at Laundromat.

Interview Question: Which person (any person) would make the best sibling?Improv: A Connecticut family joins forces with their children's imaginary demon friend to overcome the hurdles they encounter at a Sante Fe Art Gallery.

Interview Question:What is something you've considered telling one or both your parents but have not?Improv: A Tesla-owning couple hides a fugitive while their adopted daughter looks for love at a Tesla Charging Station.

Interview Question: Do you toilet paper every toilet seat you use or is there a public toilet you wouldn't?Improv: A married couple looking to downgrade their house, a yo-yo enthusiast and a medium contemplate why the universe brought them all together in The Line for the Circular Saw in the Lumber Department of Home Depot.

Interview Question: What laws do you regularly break?Improv: A man deals with various spirits of a painting while a mother and daughter plot to rescue an egg salad sandwich all Inside that Salvador Dali Painting with the Melting Clocks.

Interview Question: When was the last time you told your parents and siblings you loved them?Improv: A man struggles to impress his girlfriend's family while dealing with PTSD in a Rented Cabin in The Mountains.

Interview Question: Why the long face?Improv: Tensions rise when white teachers start getting more privileges than the black teachers at A Suburban High School History Class on The First Day of Black History Month.

Interview Question: Whose hair would you like to find in your soup?Improv: A family deals with severe memory loss, marital infidelity and the desire to purchase a boy at The King of Prussia Mall on Opening Weekend.

Interview Question: What was the last dream you can remember, and why do you think you dreamed it?Improv: A quest for financial success, and a series questionable ingredients and choices cloud the lives of two workers at Concession Stand.

Interview Question: It's 3am, you're up. What are you doing?Improv: Employees try to convince Mr. Madison to allow their workplace romance while he tries to open a new location at Madison Square Garden.

Interview Question: If you could eat one fruit for the rest of your life, what would it be?Improv: A famous journalist sees the potential story of a lifetime when she meets a runaway from a famous criminal family in The Last Sizzler.

Interview Question: Who was your mentor getting into your profession?Improv: A young Fred is sent to live with his aunt and uncle's family because his parents kicked him out of The Childhood Home of Fred Rogers.

Interview Question: What day would you like to go back and re-live? PS: You can go back to change things?Improv: A struggling painter discovers amazing supernatural powers & learns life lessons at an Art Gallery.

Interview Question: How did the movie The Sandlot effect your life? If you haven't seen it, what is the medical condition that prevented you?Improv: A band discusses how to sync their lucid dreams to improve their performances Backstage at a Rock Club.

Interview Question: Have you ever called 9-1-1 to help a stranger? Tell us why?Improv: A group of townspeople attempt to rise-up over their dueling presidents in A Post-Apocalyptic Wasteland.

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"Ice Cream Parlor"

Craig Cackowski†

None

February 13, 2017 (2017-02-13)

Interview Question: At this very moment, a health inspector is about to walk into your home. What rating would your kitchen receive?Improv: A drunken former minor league baseball player tells the story of his career to the bartender at an Ice Cream Parlor.

Interview Question: What is the last great meal you ate and who did you eat it with and what did you talk about?Improv: A group of janitors try to convince Ryan Seacrest and his managers to have celebrities remove their shoes on The Red Carpet at the Oscars.

Interview Question: What clubs were you in in high school?Improv: A committee works desperately to throw together a World's Fair whilst employees next door are overwhelmed in The Break Room Of A Very Busy Quiznos.

Interview Question: If you could remain one age for your entire life, what age would it be and why?Improv: Rookie, Cookie and Chookie find themselves as unwilling accomplices in a cocaine related time crime aboard An Interstellar Colony Ship.

Interview Question: What food item have you consumed the most of in your lifetime?Improv: A group of mailmen discuss their personal problems with objects that have come to life in A Small Town Post Office After Hours.

Interview Question: Stipulating that there's nothing wrong with "here", if you could be anywhere else right now, where would that be?Improv: Cast and crew deal with unrequited love and name confusion In the Green Room of a Local Morning Show.

Interview Question: What is the best or worst travel injury you've sustained?Improv: Love and deceit is in the air as an up and coming country music artist challenges the resident headliner Backstage at the Grand Ole Opry.

Interview Question: When did you first learn what sex was, and how?Improv: Twins sentenced to community service learn a little more about their family than they would have liked during Highway Clean Up.

Interview Question: When is the last time you vomited?Improv: A father, a suicidal mother, their adopted son and an encaged grandma encounter various issues including underwater mountain men whilst in A Covered Wagon Fording A River.

119

"A Forest"

Nicole Silverberg

Colleen Smith, Nyima Funk, Lilan Bowden

July 3, 2017 (2017-07-03)

Interview Question: What ingredient would you remove from the world and why?Improv: A group of misfit kids meet an abused witch in A Forest.

Interview Question: What is the first song you remember hating?Improv: A couple and their friend mostly argue over the difference between Murder Mystery Dinner Theater and A Murder Mystery Dinner Party.

Interview Question: Who was your best friend as a child and what would you do together?Improv: A stranger gives relationship advice to a man whose wife locked herself in A Gas Station Only Stopped at During Road Trip.

Interview Question: Which job from earlier in your life would you like to do again, and what would it have to pay?Improv: A walrus scientist gathers a group of chefs together to compete at an Antarctic Research Station.

Interview Question: What's a memory from your childhood you wish you could change?Improv: Gail (who's doing a great job) tries to get a decision from an eclectic group of jurors during Jury Deliberations.

Interview Question: At what point in your life did you feel your most 'hot' and most 'not'?Improv: A casting director has trouble letting go of the past, amidst numerous delays and fiascos at Casting Auditions for the new Haunted Hayride.

Interview Question: Is it racist to do an Italian accent?Improv: Robert Smith and his wife attempt a quest for treasure but are stalled by a group of nerdy kids and a pair of Italian criminals in a Lobby of a 3-Star Hotel.

Interview Question: When was the last time you pretended to know something?Improv: Unlikely romance sparks when old classmates try to find something to wear to their former teacher's funeral at a Tommy Bahama.

Interview Question: What do you think is your finest quality? What do you think is your worst?Improv: A talking snake eats in a bathroom while employees discuss tv, home life and high school football around the Water Cooler Area At An Office.

Interview Question: If you could only eat one type of cuisine for the rest of your life, what would it be?Improv: A dead student tries to tell her oblivious classmates that she is a ghost at their High School Reunion.

Interview Question: What is the best gift your parent ever gave you?Improv: Relationships get complicated when a regular customer trying to spice up her love life asks a new employee for help at a Hardware Store.

Interview Question: What flaw in your character has been most beneficial in your life?Improv: A forlorn lover heads to London to reunite with the one that got away, leaving behind A Night Club in Chicago.

Interview Question: What's your favorite ancient civilization,and why?Improv: A father comes to a head with his dark past while his daughter pursued her dream of being a diamond miner in a Family Owned Bike Shop.

Interview Question: Choose one exotic pet: macaw, tortoise, boa or alpaca. You must choose. Improv: Cincinnati bound passengers become increasingly more agitated as their plane is repeatedly iced and de-iced all whilst at the Airport.

Interview Question: Are you excited for the singularity or are you terrified? Improv: A pair of kids begin to suspect their adopted parents are robots and attempt to escape with their horses from their town in Wisconsin.

Interview Question: Name three celebrities you would recruit to your post-apocalyptic survival team and why? Improv: A group of friends and Emeril Lagasse attempt to open a barbershop quartet themed restaurant during a zombie apocalypse and it started at an Yngwie Malmstein Concert.

Interview Question: What's the best thing to find underwater? Improv: Flight attendants deal with a captain that's high, water breaches, passengers who aren't allowed in the destination and more on a United Airlines Flight One Way LA To Duluth.

Interview Question: Lyft drivers: What do you think? Improv: A rocking horse manufacturer must cover for his wife when police start to suspect her of two unrelated crimes in Schenectady, NY.

152

"Civil War Reenactment"

Tawny Newsome†

None

February 19, 2018 (2018-02-19)

Interview Question: How many eggs can you eat in one sitting? Improv: Hijinx and confusion ensue when business partners discovers that one of them has superpowers mere moments before their first Civil War Reenactment.

Interview Question: What is your least favorite question strangers often ask you? Improv: Mr. LaCroix and his workers must do some quick problem solving when they run out of water at the LaCroix Factory.

Interview Question: Would you invite yourself somewhere? Improv: Employees and a loyal customer get suspicious of an odd looking young girl when she enters their Baskin Robbins. Special Note: This episode's audio was severely damaged. To remedy this Paul redid the episode with the same guest, improvisers and location and released that as episode 154. This one, being damaged, was still released but considered a "Bonus Episode."

Interview Question: What is a place that gives you immediate joy? Improv: The fate of the olympics changes when a Russian athlete tricks a French and a French-German athlete into doping right before the Olympic Opening Ceremonies 2018 PyeongChang South Korea.

Interview Question: It's 1967, you're in San Francisco: what are you up to? Improv: Turmoil breaks out after multiple deaths and incestuous revelations occur on A Sunken Livering Room From A Multi-Camera TV Set.

Interview Question: If you were to name a star, what would the name be? Improv: An indecisive couple with some money to burn order ahead of father and his daughter while mayhem occurs in the kitchen of a Joe’s Crab Shack.

162

"LensCrafters"

Bryan Safi

Shaun Diston, Shulie Cowen, Colleen Smith

April 30, 2018 (2018-04-30)

Interview Question: Which one of your family members reminds you most of Denzel Washington? Improv: A legally blind mind and a woman with a saggy elbow begin falling in love but keep getting harassed by an ablest employee in a LensCrafters.

Interview Question: What would you have your evil twin do, if you had an evil twin? Improv: Producers are captivated by a man's talent of suspense while his family is anxious for him outside of auditions for The Price is Right.

Interview Question: If the purge were real, who would you kill first? Improv: Sisters discover their ages aren't quite what they thought they were at a birthday celebration at Bubba Gump Shrimp Co. in Times Square New York City.

165.5

"Bonus: SF Sketchfest Tribute to Paul F. Tompkins"

N/a

N/a

May 28, 2018 (2018-05-28)

Paul released this episode as a filler because he miscounted weeks and wanted pride month to start in June. The guests paying tribute to Paul are Matt Gourley, Ben Acker, Rhea Butcher, John Hodgman, Eban Schletter and The Workjuice Players

Interview Question: If someone wrote a musical about your life, what would it be called and what would it be about?Improv: A couple starting their day with TV sets off a chai of crazy events in Akron, OH.

170

"A Craft Fair"

Caitlin Gill

Tony Rodriguez, Joan Ford, Steve Szlaga

June 27, 2018 (2018-06-27)

Interview Question: What's a style concept that you've always wanted to try (mohawk, tattoo, piercing)? Improv: Two couples get feelings for one another at A Craft Fair.

Interview Question: You can make a souvenir penny machine for any person, place, or thing - what would you make it for, and why?Improv: Not is all it seems when a couple checks into a hotel in Palm Springs.

172

"Portland, Oregon"

Erin Whitehead†

Edgar Momplaisir, Laci Mosley

July 9, 2018 (2018-07-09)

Interview Question: If you were calming eating, say, a banana split, and you looked across the room and saw yourself from five minutes earlier, what you you do?Improv: A group of friends meet up for a secret reveal in Portland, Oregon.

Interview Question: If your spirit animal were an animal you had met or seen, who would it be?Improv: A man who swaps places with his wife must quickly learn sword swallowing Backstage at an Adult Community Center Talent Show.

Interview Question: If you were born the opposite sex, what would your name, personality, and occupation be?Improv: A new park employee must deal with a demon that preys on people in a Filthy Public Bathroom.

The podcast has been listed on several "Best Of" lists for podcasts in 2015. The show was included in Apple's collection of "The Best Podcasts of 2015.[6]Paste magazine placed Spontaneanation in the fifth spot on their list of The 10 Best Comedy Podcasts of 2015, referring to it as "both an illuminating chat show and a strong argument in favor of the often-maligned artform of improv comedy."[7] "A Theme Park Break Room" was included on Vulture's list of the Best Comedy Podcast Episodes of 2015, referring to it as "what was easily one of the most wildly funny podcasts of 2015."[2]

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Paul F. Tompkins
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Paul Francis Tompkins is an American comedian, actor, and writer. He is known for his work in television on such programs as Mr. Show with Bob and David, Real Time with Bill Maher and he is well known for his numerous appearances on podcasts, including his 100+ appearances on Comedy Bang. He has also been the host of the Fusion Channel talk show No, in December 2014, Paste named his Twitter one of the The 75 Best Twitter Accounts of 2014 ranking it at #70. Paul Francis Tompkins was born September 12,1968 in Mount Airy and he has two brothers and three sisters. In 1986 Tompkins first performed comedy at 17 years of age at The Comedy Works in Philadelphia where he performed as half of a comedy duo with the late Rick Roman. Tompkins attended Temple University, however, he dropped out and left for Los Angeles, Tompkins met actor Jay Johnston in L. A. through their mutual friend, actor and director Adam McKay. McKay and Tompkins had become friends in Philadelphia, where they had started to perform stand-up at around the same time. McKay later moved to Chicago and met Johnston, Johnston moved to L. A. at around the time as Tompkins. Tompkins comedy career has included stand-up, sketch comedy and a variety of live performances. Tompkins stand-up comedy performances are of a storytelling and observationalist style and his shows often consist of extended riffs and long anecdotes. His comedic style has been described as comedy, Tompkins has stated that he is not bothered by the label. Tompkins has described his look as foppish and just this side of Cedric the Entertainer, Tompkins is based in Los Angeles and performs regularly in the city. Since 2002 he has performed a show called The Paul F. Tompkins Show at Largo. His show has featured guests such as Fiona Apple, Jack Black, Dave Foley, Zach Galifianakis, Ed Helms, Aimee Mann. Since its inception in 2005, Tompkins has taken part in the Thrilling Adventure Hour, the show began podcasting in January 2011, in October of that same year the shows podcasts moved to the Nerdist Industries podcast network created by Chris Hardwick. Tompkins is a member of the Upright Citizens Brigade Theatre Los Angeles and his comedy album Impersonal was recorded live at the UCB Theatre. He also performs monthly at the Dead Authors show at UCB Theatre in support of the nonprofit organization 826LA, Tompkins has toured in the US and Canada and prefers to perform in independent venues, rather than conventional comedy clubs. In order to fill the seats for the recording of his special, Tompkins advised Kerr that if he was able to get 300 people to state that they would definitely see his show he would come to Toronto

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Earwolf
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Earwolf is a comedy podcasting network founded by Scott Aukerman and Jeff Ullrich in August 2010. It merged with podcast advertising network The Mid Roll in 2014 to form Midroll Media, Midroll was acquired by the E. W. Scripps Company in 2015. Initially built around the Comedy Death-Ray Radio podcast, the network has grown to include many podcasts on diverse subjects. The Earwolf studios are based in Los Angeles, California, in 2011, they announced a partnership with Funny Or Die. Comedy Bang Bang is Earwolfs flagship podcast and it is hosted by Scott Aukerman and was originally an extension of his weekly live Comedy Death-Ray show. The weekly podcast features guests from the world of comedy, including Paul F. Tompkins, James Adomian, Tim Heidecker, Bob Odenkirk, the show is known for improvised conversations between Aukerman and his guests, some of whom perform impressions or original characters. The show celebrated its two-year anniversary during its May 2 show and changed its name to Comedy Bang Bang, Club listed the show as one of the top comedy podcasts of 2010. In 2012, IFC aired a version of the show. The first season ran for ten episodes, it was renewed for a 20 episode second season, IFC picked up the show for a 40 episode fourth season on March 20,2014. Long-form interviews with luminaries from the worlds of comedy, film, a podcast hosted by Jon Daly where he does sketches and what he wants like making a song with Har Mar Superstar or calling Rob Huebel. Comedian Brian Posehn hosts a weekly Dungeons & Dragons session, featuring stand-up comedians Blaine Capatch, Steve Agee, Dan Telfer, guests have included Rick Remender and Dave Anthony. Original players who have moved on include Posehns Deadpool co-writer Gerry Duggan, Sarah Guzzardo. Sklarbro Country was the first show to be added to the Earwolf roster and it is hosted by Randy and Jason Sklar and is a sports-themed comedy program notably geared towards people that may not necessarily care about or follow sports. The brothers cover sports-related stories from around the world that normally would fall through the cracks of most sports news shows, in addition to The Sklars, voice actor Chris Cox often performs as various characters including Jerry Jones, Tiger Woods, Sam Elliot, and Racist Vin Scully. Other characters are played by Dan Van Kirk, James Adomian. The title is a parody of Scarborough Country, an opinion show on MSNBC hosted by former congressman Joe Scarborough. Launched on December 7,2010, focus on pop culture by analyzing various film box office, each week host Howard Kremer and Chart Keeper Kulap Vilaysack host a guest from the comedy or music field to review the weeks charts and discuss their feelings on them. Towards the end of the episode the guest will play one of a variety of games, a send up of hardboiled detective stories starring Rob Huebel as the metaphor spouting title character, Grey DeLisle as Stephanie Client and featuring Neil Campbell as the announcer

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Thrilling Adventure Hour
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The Thrilling Adventure Hour was a staged production and podcast in the style of old time radio that was held monthly at Largo, a Los Angeles nightclub located in the former Coronet Theatre. The show ran from March 2005 to April 2015, each episode featured three non-serialized segments as well as songs and commercials from fictional sponsors. The show was written by Ben Acker and Ben Blacker, the shows original songs were written by Acker & Blacker with the composer and band leader Andy Paley. The roots of the Thrilling Adventure Hour began in Blackers living room where he and Acker held a reading of their script for a space western called Sparks Nevada. Struck by the quality of the performances, they decided to launch a show with a radio conceit, so that the performers had the luxury of holding scripts in their hands. The Thrilling Adventure and Supernatural Suspense Hour began a run at M Bar in Hollywood in March 2005. The original WorkJuice Players were Dave Gruber Allen, Paget Brewster, Craig Cackowski, Mark Gagliardi, Marc Evan Jackson, Hal Lublin, Annie Savage, in episode six, Eban Schletter performed live musical accompaniment. Schletter wrote the song to Sparks Nevada, Marshal on Mars. In episode seven, the show was joined by Andy Paley, Acker & Blacker and Paley created musical content for the show. Paley arranged Schletters Sparks Nevada theme and performed themes and songs with his Andy Paley Orchestra, which, at the time, consisted of Jillinda Palmer, Ben Jaffe, in episode eight, the show was joined by Joel Spence, a Foley artist and actor. Soon thereafter, Aaron Ginsburg joined as director, shortly after that, Samm Levine, Danny Strong, and John DiMaggio joined the cast. Then James Urbaniak, John Ennis and Autumn Reeser, the band Common Rotation made a guest appearance on the show and played afterwards. Common Rotation became a staple following the Thrilling Adventure Hour. Marc Evan Jackson hosted Common Rotations segment, which featured songs performed by Common Rotation as well as WorkJuice players, the final performance of The Thrilling Adventure and Supernatural Suspense Hour at M Bar was in January 2010. In March 2010, The Thrilling Adventure Hour shortened its title, beginning in January 2011, the Thrilling Adventure Hour began podcasting sketches from past performances. In January 2011, the cast took the show on the road for the first time, in October 2011, the Thrilling Adventure Hour podcast joined the network of podcasts released by Chris Hardwicks Nerdist Industries. At New York Comic Con 2014 panel, it was announced that after 10 years of live monthly Thrilling Adventure Hour stage performances, also announced was that there will be two new monthly comics in the Sparks Nevada and Beyond Belief storylines, starting February 2015. The podcast will continue in the form of versions of the comic books

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Superego (podcast)
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Superego is an improvised sketch comedy podcast by American comedians Jeremy Carter, Matt Gourley, Mark McConville, and Paul F. Tompkins. Superego is an improvised, absurdist sketch comedy podcast presented as a collection of case studies prefaced by doctors as a example of a particular disorder. Nearly all the sketches are completely improvised in each recording session, the segments generally run 5–10 minutes unedited and Gourley edits them down to a 3-5 minute show length. The podcast is presented in a format that allows listeners to pick a chapter. After finding the production process to be a burden, they hit upon the idea of audio sketches as a less production-intensive medium. Mark McConville joined the podcast permanently in season 2 after having guested during the shows first season, jeff Crocker also joined and brought his skills as a video producer. Most of the music is produced by James Bladon. On July 17,2014 Superego announced the addition of Paul F. Tompkins as an official member, originally developed as an audio podcast, Superego has also occasionally released video Supershorts that are animated and produced by Crocker. Superegos first live show, Superego Live. was performed in Long Beach, California on December 10,2008 and then again in Hollywood, the early live shows were in the style of a rehearsed sketch comedy revue. The group now performs a version of the show regularly at venues like San Francisco Sketchfest, the Kansas City Improv Festival, the Bell House, Theatre 99. The live performances now take the form of the group and its guests wearing lab coats and improvising with the aid of sound effects. Season 4 began on September 1,2014 after a 15-month hiatus, on August 17,2015 it was announced that Superego would be doing a show titled Superego, Forgotten Classics that would be part of the premium subscription to the new Earwolf Howl app. The website stated that the episodes would be posted later. Superego formally ended on March 4,2016 with episode 4,6, the group held a 10th Anniversary show on March 5,2016 at Largo at the Coronet to celebrate the shows history and ending. The Journeymen, made up of Carter, Gourley, McConville, the album consists primarily of country western/rock performed by the groups alter egos named Shunt McGuppin, Mutt Taylor, Cubby Lauderbourne, and Jimmy Blades. Carter and Gourley split the writing for the tracks, Shunt McGuppin released a follow-up solo EP titled Bad Honky in June 2015. The album features guests including Erinn Hayes and Tompkins, and was produced by Dan Franklin, mundy Jr. and Merlin Escondante Daniels Dwight Loomis Grandma Queen Bee Grandma Jonesy Maggie The GPS Leroy Jenkins Coach Helzevec Janice Caaf Paul F. So far this has included On Her Majestys Secret Service, The Man with the Golden Gun, Dwight Loomis is based on the actor George Buck Flower

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No, You Shut Up!
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On May 2,2016, Paul F. Tompkins announced on his official website that the show had stopped production a quarter into its fourth season. There were some episodes that have the fourth panelist being an actual celebrity. There is also a segment on the show called No, You Open Up where Paul F. Tompkins interviews a panelist, by Season Three, the show was reworked to detail different segments before the round table discussions. During some round table discussions, the celebrity panelists will partake in a game with the other panelists. The panelists have included four different characters, among the known panelists on this show are, A Bird – A Bird is an unnamed sea gull who lives in a Walmart parking lot. Later episodes has Paul referring to the character as Big Dumb Bird and he is a recycled version of Molly the Albatross from Jim Hensons Animal Show. Grunt – Grunt is a born in the year 4,000,000 BC who was frozen in a block of ice and was resuscitated in the year 2009 where she became a news analyst on the Fox News Channel. Her name is the sound of a grunt and is also called Cavewoman by Paul and she is a recycled version of the Cavewoman from Puppet Up. Andy Al-Jizah – Andy Al-Jizah is a mummy who is the President of the AAMRP, Armond Mite – Armond Mite is a kangaroo rat who is a film critic. Armond Mites name is a pun on controversial film critic Armond White and he is a recycled version of Cool the Kangaroo Rat from Jim Hensons Animal Show. Aunt Mildred – Aunt Mildred is a sloth who is the chairman of the Traditional Values Coalition and she is recycled version of Lamont the Sloth from Jim Hensons Animal Show and Mopatops Shop. Barry – Barry is a squirrel and life partner of Gary who works as a marriage counselor. In Special Report #2, it is revealed that Barrys last name is Fine and he is a recycled version of Quincy the Flying Squirrel from Jim Hensons Animal Show. Bierstin Krakov – Bierstin Krakov is a vulture from Russia who is a war correspondent and he is a recycled version of Guffrey the Vulture from Jim Hensons Animal Show. Bigfoot – Bigfoot is a hermit who lives in the woods somewhere in Montana and is the founder of Montanas Frozen Fan Club branch. He is a version of Claude Bigfoot from Puppet Up. Billy Cabrito – Billy Cabrito is a goat who is a writer, blogger, and he is a recycled version of the Goat from Telling Stories with Tomie dePaola. Blue Crab – A blue crab who is the democrat co-host of Crab Fire, in Shut Up 2013, it is revealed that the Blue Crab is married to the Red Republican Crab

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Largo (nightclub)
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Cafe Largo was founded by Jean-Pierre Boccara, a nightclub entrepreneur, in 1989. Cafe Largo featured music, cabaret, vaudeville, comedy and spoken word, the LA Weekly named Cafe Largo LAs Best Supper Club in 1990. The New York Times ran a substantive review A Place for Poetry in Land of Pictures on July 12,1989, the 1989 Reader review was titled Cafe Largo mixes food and music-memorably. More critical acclaim and reviews was received in Newsweek, LA Style, LA Times, Los Angeles, Buzz, Exposure, Movieline, The Edge, Details, Village View, Vogue, Interview, Playboy, and US Magazine. In March 1992 Boccara sold the place to Mark Flanagan and his wife Aimee Cain who shortened the name to Largo, Boccara went on to open LunaPark on Robertson Blvd in West Hollywood and operated it from Halloween 93 to Halloween 2000. Flanagan began operating Largo in April 1992, in 1996, Flanagan re-established Largo as an intimate cabaret with live music mainly in the piano bar tradition. Largos original location on Fairfax Avenue had 100 seats with a full capacity of 130. The club had a no talking or cellphone use policy during performances. Flanagan persuaded Jon Brion to take a regular Friday-night residence at Largo, brions extensive friendships brought more talented singer-songwriters to perform at the club, notably including Aimee Mann, Michael Penn, Fiona Apple, and Elliott Smith. The typical Largo show involves a mix of music and stand-up comedy, Mann and Penn developed a road show called Acoustic Vaudeville on the Largo format, which they have taken to Chicago and New York. Seinfeld co-creator Larry David is seen performing stand-up comedy at Largo in his 1999 HBO special Larry David, Brion names the genre celebrated by Largo as unpopular pop, and underlines the emphasis on lyrics with Were all song sluts here. Many of the Largo regulars have had histories of albums their labels wont release. Though generally tied together by this common esthetic, performers come from many traditions including country, rock, brad Mehldau released a jazz album produced by Jon Brion entitled Largo. Toad the Wet Sprocket singer/songwriter Glen Phillips performs regularly and has recorded a live album Live at Largo at the club, andy Prieboy developed his musical White Trash Wins Lotto at the club. Condoleezza Rice rehearsed her famous duet with Yo-Yo Ma at Largo in 2001, the band Tenacious D largely got their start at Largo, which in turn launched the career of actor/comedian Jack Black. Dan Finnerty started The Dan Band at Largo, doing monthly shows there before his stints in Old School, the band Wild Colonials largely got their start at Largo with a successful Tuesday night residency that lasted nine months during 1992/1993. A five track CD of Elliott Smith playing solo at Largo was released in October 2007, accompanying Autumn de Wildes book, sarah Silverman taped her HBO stand-up special at the Largo before an audience of 39. On June 2,2008, Flanagan closed the club and moved to the Coronet Theatre on La Cienega Boulevard, Jon Brion continues his residency on a monthly basis, performing on Friday usually near the end of each month

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Los Angeles
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Los Angeles, officially the City of Los Angeles and often known by its initials L. A. is the cultural, financial, and commercial center of Southern California. With a census-estimated 2015 population of 3,971,883, it is the second-most populous city in the United States, Los Angeles is also the seat of Los Angeles County, the most populated county in the United States. The citys inhabitants are referred to as Angelenos, historically home to the Chumash and Tongva, Los Angeles was claimed by Juan Rodríguez Cabrillo for Spain in 1542 along with the rest of what would become Alta California. The city was founded on September 4,1781, by Spanish governor Felipe de Neve. It became a part of Mexico in 1821 following the Mexican War of Independence, in 1848, at the end of the Mexican–American War, Los Angeles and the rest of California were purchased as part of the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo, thereby becoming part of the United States. Los Angeles was incorporated as a municipality on April 4,1850, the discovery of oil in the 1890s brought rapid growth to the city. The completion of the Los Angeles Aqueduct in 1913, delivering water from Eastern California, nicknamed the City of Angels, Los Angeles is known for its Mediterranean climate, ethnic diversity, and sprawling metropolis. Los Angeles also has an economy in culture, media, fashion, science, sports, technology, education, medicine. A global city, it has been ranked 6th in the Global Cities Index, the city is home to renowned institutions covering a broad range of professional and cultural fields, and is one of the most substantial economic engines within the United States. The Los Angeles combined statistical area has a gross metropolitan product of $831 billion, making it the third-largest in the world, after the Greater Tokyo and New York metropolitan areas. The city has hosted the Summer Olympic Games in 1932 and 1984 and is bidding to host the 2024 Summer Olympics and thus become the second city after London to have hosted the Games three times. The Los Angeles area also hosted the 1994 FIFA mens World Cup final match as well as the 1999 FIFA womens World Cup final match, the mens event was watched on television by over 700 million people worldwide. The Los Angeles coastal area was first settled by the Tongva, a Gabrielino settlement in the area was called iyáangẚ, meaning poison oak place. Gaspar de Portolà and Franciscan missionary Juan Crespí, reached the present site of Los Angeles on August 2,1769, in 1771, Franciscan friar Junípero Serra directed the building of the Mission San Gabriel Arcángel, the first mission in the area. The Queen of the Angels is an honorific of the Virgin Mary, two-thirds of the settlers were mestizo or mulatto with a mixture of African, indigenous and European ancestry. The settlement remained a small town for decades, but by 1820. Today, the pueblo is commemorated in the district of Los Angeles Pueblo Plaza and Olvera Street. New Spain achieved its independence from the Spanish Empire in 1821, during Mexican rule, Governor Pío Pico made Los Angeles Alta Californias regional capital

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Rich Sommer
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Richard Olen Rich Sommer II is an American actor, best known for his portrayal of Harry Crane on the AMC drama series Mad Men. He is also known for his roles in the comedy-drama films The Devil Wears Prada, Celeste and Jesse Forever, The Giant Mechanical Man, and Hello, My Name Is Doris. Sommer was born in Toledo, Ohio, and raised in Stillwater, Minnesota and he then went on to attend Concordia College in Moorhead, Minnesota, where he majored in theater and sang in The Concordia Choir. Sommer studied improvisation at the Brave New Workshop in Minneapolis, and started an improv group, in 2004, he received his Master of Fine Arts in acting from Case Western Reserve University in Cleveland, Ohio. Sommer returned to the school in 2006 to teach icebreakers to law students, sommers most notable film role to date is as Anne Hathaways friend Doug in the 2006 film The Devil Wears Prada. He has appeared in commercials for such as Bud Light, Nextel. In 2008, Sommer appeared as a guest star in two episodes of NBCs mockumentary sitcom series The Office, portraying the role of Alex, in 2010, he played Jimmy Wilson in a guest appearance on Ugly Betty. In 2011, Sommer guest starred in two episodes of The CWs drama-thriller series Nikita as electrical engineer and CIA consultant Malcolm Mitchell, the following year, he co-starred with Bob Odenkirk and Jenna Fischer in the romantic comedy film The Giant Mechanical Man. In May 2012, he began performances of the Roundabout Theatre Companys production of Harvey on Broadway, also that same year, he guest starred in NBCs police procedural series Law & Order, Special Victims Unit as Boyd Hartwell. On March 1,2014, it was reported that Sommer had been cast in the CBS pilot Good Session, however, the network later declined to pick up the project to series. In November 2014, Sommer reprised his role as Harlan Emple in an episode of CBS procedural drama series Elementary, from February 2 to March 13,2016, Sommer will star in the Off-Broadway revival of Sam Shepards play Buried Child, alongside Ed Harris and Amy Madigan. In 2016, he will co-star in Rob Reiners biopic LBJ as Press Secretary Pierre Salinger, Sommer lives in Los Angeles with his wife, Virginia Donohoe, whom he married on August 13,2005. Together, the couple have two children, daughter Beatrice Grace, and son Patrick Ryan, Rich Sommer at the Internet Movie Database Rich Sommer at the Internet Broadway Database Rich Sommer at the Internet Off-Broadway Database Rich Sommer on Twitter

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Matt Gourley
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Matt Gourley is an American actor, comedian, and podcaster best known for his work on the Superego podcast, Drunk History, and as a Volkswagen spokesperson. Gourley was born in Whittier, California on May 23,1973 and he grew up near Richard Nixons childhood home. Gourley graduated from California State University, Long Beach with a degree in technical theater. Gourley did video work and set design for productions of Fellowship. Gourley began performing with ComedySportz in Los Angeles during high school and he met Jeremy Carter at a ComedySportz tournament in San Jose in the mid-90s. He spent years as an actor and improviser at various Disney theme parks along with Carter and Mark McConville, Gourley has also performed at Second City, ImprovOlympic, and the Upright Citizens Brigade Theatre. Gourley has taught theater and improvisation at Riverside City College, Long Beach City College and he has also led workshops on Shakespearean improv at the Fracas. Gourley and Carter were founding contributors to Channel 101, producing and starring in the futuristic action spectacular Ultraforce. Ultraforce lasted three episodes and also featured Derek Mears, Jeff B, in 2013, Gourley sold a pilot titled Wunderland that he wrote with his girlfriend, Amanda Lund, to Fox. The series was a comedy loosely based upon the time Gourley and Lund spent working as actors at Disney theme parks. Gourley has appeared on Community, Ghost Ghirls, and Drunk History, gourleys best known commercial work is his position as a spokesperson for Volkswagen in 2014 and 2015. He has also appeared in ads for McDonalds, Carlton Draught, Lowes, Hewlett-Packard, Hyundai, Xbox, Late Night with Conan OBrien, and Budweiser. In 2006, Gourley and Carter launched Superego, an improvisational podcast they conceived of on Christmas Eve 2005 based on the conceit of clinical case studies, Superego has since added Mark McConville, Jeff Crocker, and Paul F. Tompkins as regular cast members. In September 2013, Gourley started hosting a podcast along with Matt Mira titled James Bonding on the Nerdist network, the podcast discusses the James Bond films one by one with guests. In November 2014, Gourley helped launch the new Wolfpop podcast network, as part of this launch, Gourley himself began a new podcast titled I Was There Too which focuses on the actors and stories behind the most classic scenes from film and television. Gourley also co-hosted The Andy Daly Podcast Pilot Project on Earwolf with Andy Daly, Gourley also co-hosts Pistol Shrimps Radio with his Superego colleague Mark McConville. The podcast consists of unedited commentary of the games of The Pistol Shrimps, in addition to hosting his own shows, Gourley has guested on numerous podcasts over the years, including Never Not Funny, Comedy Bang. In addition to editing Superego, Gourley has also edited Judge John Hodgman, Gourley is a singer, guitarist, and songwriter

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Busy Philipps
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Elizabeth Jean Busy Philipps is an American actress, known for her supporting roles on the television series Freaks and Geeks and Dawsons Creek. She played Laurie Keller in the TV series Cougar Town for which she won the Critics Choice Television Award for Best Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series in 2011, elizabeth Jean Philipps was born in Oak Park, Illinois. Her parents gave her the nickname Busy because as an infant she was always moving and she attended Chaparral High School in Scottsdale, Arizona. She attended Loyola Marymount University at the time as Freaks and Geeks costar Linda Cardellini. Philipps worked the toy-fair circuit as a real-life Barbie before making her show-business debut and her first major role was Kim Kelly in Freaks and Geeks, in which she appeared in all but one of its eighteen episodes. She later made her debut in comedy The Smokers in 2000. In 2001, Philipps was cast as Audrey Liddell in the teen drama Dawsons Creek and she was a series regular in seasons 5 and 6, appearing in 46 episodes, before the show finished in 2003. Her role of Audrey earned Philipps a Teen Choice Awards nomination in the category of TV - Choice Sidekick, Philipps later appeared in two films, Home Room and White Chicks. She was cast in the UPN sitcom Love, Inc. in a role intended for Shannen Doherty. The show lasted for one season before being cancelled, in 2006, she had a major recurring role as Hope Bobeck on ER, alongside her Freaks and Geeks co-star Linda Cardellini. During her second year on ER, her character headed to South America to fulfill her Christian mission, Philipps had a co-credit for the storyline of the 2007 comedy film Blades of Glory. A year later, Philipps returned to being in front of the camera with her role in Made of Honor. Philipps has also made appearances in Hes Just Not That Into You as the character of Kelli Ann, from 2009 to 2015, Philipps portrayed Laurie Keller in the television series Cougar Town. Philipps also routinely contributes to the Thrilling Adventure Hour, a live radio show. Her primary recurring character is the Red Plains Rider, Philipps stars on the HBO series Vice Principals, which premiered in 2016. In 2017, Philipps signed on as co-lead opposite Casey Wilson in Tina Feys comedy pilot The Sackett Sisters for NBC, Philipps dated Colin Hanks in the 1990s, while in college. Philipps married screenwriter Marc Silverstein in 2007 and they have two daughters, Birdie Leigh, whose godmother is actress Lizzy Caplan, and Cricket Pearl. Busy Philipps at the Internet Movie Database Busy Philipps on Twitter PopGurls Interview, Busy Philipps

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Janet Varney
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Janet Maureen Varney is an American actress best known for hosting TBSs Dinner and a Movie and as the voice of Korra in The Legend of Korra. Varney was born and raised in Tucson, Arizona and she graduated as salutatorian from Rincon High School in 1993 and is an alumna of San Francisco State University where she majored in theater. She later pursued a career in design before eventually finding her way back into acting. Varney was raised Mormon, but left the church at 17, Varney is of English and Scottish descent. Varney was co-host of The Hollywood Show with Brian Unger, a player on Norm Macdonalds sketch show Back to Norm. She also starred in the short-lived FOX comedy Happy Hour and she has recently appeared as recurring character Bev for the web series Back on Topps with Randy and Jason Sklar. Starting in 2008, she began starring in the HBO television series Entourage, playing television producer Amy Miller who works alongside Eric, Varney was also cast in a movie called Best Player, starring opposite Jerry Trainor and Jennette McCurdy. As well as television, Varney acts as host on ESCAPE, a web series broadcast on Geek & Sundry where teams of celebrities work together to get out of an escape room. In 2005, Varney replaced Lisa Kushell as the hostess of the TBS cooking and entertainment show, Dinner, Varney has written and performed several comedic audio commentaries for films along with fellow SF Sketchfest co-founder Cole Stratton. These appear on the Rifftrax website under the Rifftrax Presents branding, as being officially sanctioned by Rifftrax founder and Mystery Science Theater 3000 alumnus and she performed with the Los Angeles and San Francisco-based group Sequel 4000. In March 2012, she launched a podcast entitled The JV Club and she was in a relationship with comedian Chris Hardwick from 2004 to 2011. In young adulthood, Varney was diagnosed with depersonalization disorder

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Michael McMillian
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Michael McMillian is an American actor and writer, known for his roles as Henry Gibson on What I Like About You, Steve Newlin on the HBO series True Blood and Owen on Hot in Cleveland. McMillian is also the creator and writer of a comic book, McMillian was born in Colorado Springs, Colorado, and grew up in Olathe, Kansas, attending Blue Valley Northwest High School through his second year. In 1995, McMillian transferred to Interlochen Arts Academy where he studied acting, playwriting and screenwriting and he has said that during his teen years, he was not a full-on nerd reading comic books. Wasnt good in sports and got picked on a lot, McMillian went on to attend Carnegie Mellon University, where he was spotted and signed by an agent after a senior class showcase. McMillian has acted in films and television shows and has contributed work to a number of video games. He garnered attention for his role in the independent film Dorian Blues. He played Greg in the pilot episode of Luis, but gave up the series in favor of making his then-recurring What I Like About You character, Henry Gibson. McMillian penned an episode during the season of What I Like About You. He played the role of Harper in the TNTs Saved and his most recent film role was in Imagine That. In 2009, McMillian wrote and created the comic book mini-series, Lucid, for Before the Door Pictures. He is also co-writer of the second True Blood comic book produced by IDW publishing. In 2010 he appeared opposite star Hilary Duff in the TV movie Beauty & the Briefcase based on the novel Diary of a Working Girl by Daniella Brodsky, crazy Ex-Girlfriend – Tim King of the Nerds – Judge The Banshee Chapter – James Hirsch Emily Owens, M. D

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Marc Evan Jackson
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Jackson was born in 1970 in Buffalo, New York. He grew up in nearby Amherst, New York along with his two siblings, a brother and a sister, while in college, he also participated in theatre productions. During summers, Jackson worked as a hand on the MV Americana. After graduating from college, he spent a few years working on schooners, both in Michigan, as a hand on the schooner Malabar, and in Maine. He also worked as a producer and host for WGVU, a National Public Radio affiliate in Michigan, Jackson started his improv career with River City Improv, a group associated with Calvin College, after attending a rehearsal to play the piano. Jackson later joined The Second City Detroit, becoming a member of the company in 1998. While at Second City Detroit he participated in the 1999 show Phantom Menace to Society, Jackson moved to Los Angeles in 2001. He taught improv at Second City Hollywood and he joined the long-form improv group called The 313 in 2003. The 313 continues to perform at festivals around the country, including Las Vegas, San Francisco. The show has been running as a stage show since 2005 and has been published as a podcast since January 2011. Jackson also appeared in the film Drones, which was written by Acker and Blacker and directed by Amber Benson and they have appeared on Last Comic Standing, on Last Call with Carson Daly, and at the Hollywood Improv. Jackson starred in a web series in 2011 directed by Jordan Vogt-Roberts called Fox Compton and he has gone on to work with Vogt-Roberts many times, including on the film The Kings of Summer in 2013 and in the television series Mash Up on Comedy Central. In 2012, Jackson starred in Suit Up, a web series co-produced by DirecTV and Fox Digital Studio, Suit Up was the first of Fox Digital Studios series to be picked up for a second season. In January 2012, Jackson stood in for Bradley Cooper to play the part of Ben in a reunion performance of Wet Hot American Summer at the San Francisco Comedy Festival. Jackson has appeared as attorney Trevor Nelson in half a dozen episodes of Parks and Recreation, Jackson had a supporting role in the Amazon pilot The Rebels, which premiered online in 2014 but was not picked up for a full series. In February 2014, it was announced that Jackson would play the role of Jim in the Fox pilot titled Fatrick, in October 2013, Jackson appeared as Marcus Vanston in a live performance of the popular podcast Welcome to Night Vale. This episode, titled The Debate, was released on May 1,2014, Jackson has appeared in numerous national ad campaigns, including Farmers Insurance with J. K. Simmons, Sears, Coors, Aarons, Progressive, and DirecTv, Jackson married veterinarian Beth Hagenlocker on April 27,2002

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Jason Ritter
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He also played the recurring role of Mark Cyr in the NBC television series Parenthood, for which he received an Emmy Award nomination. Ritter was born on February 17,1980 in Los Angeles, California, the son of actors Nancy Morgan and John Ritter, and his stepmother is actress Amy Yasbeck. He has three siblings, including actor Tyler Ritter, Ritter first appeared in the opening credits of his fathers show, Threes Company. He attended middle and high school at the Crossroads School in Santa Monica, California, with Simon Helberg and he then attended and graduated from New York Universitys Tisch School of the Arts, where he studied at the Atlantic Theater Company. He also studied at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art in London, Ritter appeared in The Dreamer of Oz, The L. Frank Baum Story, co-starring as Baums son alongside his own father. In 2002, he appeared in the movies PG and Swimfan, in 2003, Ritter had a major role in the slasher/horror film Freddy vs. Jason as Will Rollins. He appeared in Raise Your Voice and Happy Endings and he portrayed Jeb Bush in the Oliver Stone film W. In 2007, he also voiced substitute teacher, Mr. Fisk, in an episode of All Grown Up. the grown up version of Rugrats, a teacher whom Angelica falls in love with. In 2008, he released Good Dick, a movie which he produced and starred in along with his long term girlfriend at the time, Marianna Palka, who also wrote and directed the film. Among his theater credits are Wendy Wassersteins Third at Lincoln Center, for which he won the Clarence Derwent Award, Ritter has volunteered as an actor with the Young Storytellers Program. Ritter has appeared in the MTV show Punkd, Ritter also starred as Sean Walker in the season-long NBC drama series The Event, which premiered on September 20,2010. He had a role on NBCs Parenthood. His performance on the show earned him an Emmy Award nomination in 2012 and it was confirmed in early March 2013 that he would play Gavin opposite Alexis Bledels Stacey in Us & Them, FOXs sitcom pilot based on the British television show Gavin & Stacey. In 2017, Ritter became engaged to actress Melanie Lynskey after four years of dating, Jason Ritter at the Internet Movie Database Biography for Ritter, Jason Jason Ritter on Twitter

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Melanie Lynskey
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Melanie Jayne Lynskey is a New Zealand actress. On television, Lynskeys best known role is that of Rose on the CBS sitcom Two and she also appeared as Michelle Pierson on the HBO series Togetherness, and in films such as Up in the Air, The Informant. Hello I Must Be Going, The Intervention, and I Dont Feel at Home in This World Anymore, Lynskey was born in New Plymouth, New Zealand, to a mother who is a former nurse and a father who is an orthopedic surgeon. She is the oldest of five children, and has three brothers and one sister, during her childhood, Lynskeys family relocated to England for one year before returning to New Zealand. She attended New Plymouth Girls High School, where she was involved in the drama department, after high school, Lynskey studied at Victoria University of Wellington. In 1994, Lynskey made her film debut at age 16, starring as Pauline Parker in Heavenly Creatures. Lynskey was named Best Actress at the 1995 New Zealand Film, in 1998, Lynskey appeared in the Drew Barrymore film Ever After, a re-imagining of the Cinderella story. This was followed by parts in Detroit Rock City, But Im a Cheerleader, The Cherry Orchard, Shooters, Coyote Ugly, Lynskey received her second nomination for Best Actress at the New Zealand Film and TV Awards for her performance in Snakeskin. In 2003, Lynskey played a writer for The New Republic in Shattered Glass, later that year, she landed the part of Rose, Charlie Harpers deranged but charming neighbour, on the CBS sitcom Two and a Half Men. Despite leaving the main cast in 2005 to concentrate on work, Lynskey continued to make guest appearances on Two and a Half Men up until its final episode. In 2006, she played the wife of Rene Gagnon in Clint Eastwoods World War II-set Flags of Our Fathers, next, she returned to New Zealand to star in Show of Hands, which earned Lynskey her third Best Actress nomination at the New Zealand Film and TV Awards. She also appeared as a character on the FOX series Drive. In 2009, Lynskey garnered praise for her performance in Away We Go, directed by Sam Mendes and she then played the female lead – opposite Matt Damon – in Steven Soderberghs The Informant. Based on the story of FBI whistleblower Mark Whitacre. Soderbergh told the Los Angeles Times, She is so watchable, you never know what youre going to get. Her rhythms are really unusual, like her cadence and her reaction times to things, Lynskey counts her time working on The Informant. as one of her favorite experiences. Also in 2009, Lynskey co-starred in Leaves of Grass with Edward Norton, and in Jason Reitmans Academy Award-nominated Up in the Air, in October 2009, Lynskey was presented with a Spotlight Award by the Hollywood Film Festival. In 2011, she co-starred with Paul Giamatti in Win Win, the performance earned her a nomination for Breakthrough Actor at the 2012 Gotham Awards

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Dave Foley
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David Scott Dave Foley is a Canadian actor, stand-up comedian, director, writer and producer. He is known as a co-founder of the comedy group The Kids in the Hall, responsible for their eponymous sketch show and he played Dave Nelson in the sitcom NewsRadio, voiced Flik in A Bugs Life and hosted the game show Celebrity Poker Showdown. Foley was born in Etobicoke, Ontario, Canada the son of Mary, a homemaker, and Michael and he played Lewis Allen in the miniseries Anne of Avonlea. Foley, McDonald, Bruce McCulloch, Mark McKinney and Scott Thompson formed The Kids in the Hall, Foley played some characters, including Hecubus, one of the Sizzler sisters, the A. T. & Love boss, Bruno Puntz Jones, Mr. Heavyfoot, Jocelyn, when it was greenlit, Foley did the film because he was contractually obligated. He is the member of the group who is uncredited as a writer. Foley rejoined the troupe in 2000 and has been a part of their various reformations. He appeared in the Kids in the Hall 2010 reunion project Death Comes to Town, paul Simms, creator of NewsRadio, happened to be a huge fan of Foleys work and wrote the role of Dave Nelson specifically for him. Much of his character on the show was based on his own personality quirks, including his coffee addiction, Foley was recently reunited with NewsRadio writer Joe Furey when he recorded the special featurette Working with Joe Furey, an add-on to Fureys comedy Love and Support. Foley released his special, Relatively Well in January 2013. In the comedy-thriller The Wrong Guy, Foley played Nelson Hibbert, in 2001, he played the boss of N Sync singer Lance Bass in the film On the Line. In 2004, Foley became host of Celebrity Poker Showdown on Bravo, in 2007, he appeared nude in Uwe Bolls film adaptation of the controversial PC game Postal and became the judge for the US version of Thank God Youre Here. He also guest-starred in the 2007 special, Bob & Doug McKenzies Two-Four Anniversary and he played a high school principal in Its Always Sunny in Philadelphia. In 2011, he appeared in How I Met Your Mother as Marshalls possible future boss, from 2011 to 2012, Foley played Jerry Dunham, the boss of Andrew Carlson in the short-lived CBS sitcom How to Be a Gentleman. In 2012 and 2013, Foley played Dr, in February 2013, Foley played Detective Bob in the TV Land sitcom, Hot in Cleveland, starred in the third season of Robson Arms on CTV and also starred CTVs new sitcom Spun Out in 2014. Foley currently stars in ABCs Dr. Ken, in 2009, Foley was hired by 49 North Inc. To date, the series is one of 49 North Inc. /Fuel Industries most successful web series at well over 20,000 hits since the beginning of 2010, no word has yet been released as to a second season being filmed. In 1993, Foley appeared along with Mark McKinney and Kevin McDonald in the video for the Vancouver band Odds

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Maria Thayer
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Maria Christina Thayer is an American actress and comedian. She first earned recognition for her portrayal of Tammi Littlenut on the cult series Strangers With Candy in 1999. Thayer has also had supporting roles in the comedy films Hitch, Accepted and she has appeared in numerous television series, including a recurring role on the Adult Swim series Eaglehart, and a lead role as Abbey Logan on the comedy series Those Who Cant. Thayer was born in Portland, Oregon, and spent her life in the small town of Boring, east of Portland. She studied acting at The Juilliard School in New York, appeared in 2005s Hitch, with Will Smith and Eva Mendes. In Forgetting Sarah Marshall, Thayer plays a woman on holiday with a new husband, Thayer and McBrayer reunited on an episode of 30 Rock in which she portrays Kenneth Parcells blind, shallow love interest. She also played Grace and Leos daughter, Lila, in the finale of Will & Grace. In 2009, she appeared in the film State of Play as Sonia Baker, Thayer stars in the Adult Swim comedy series Eagleheart, which began airing on February 3,2011 on Cartoon Network. She appeared as Tracey Bluth in the season of Arrested Development in flashback scenes. In 2012, she was featured in the music video Sensitive Man by Nick Lowe, in 2014, Thayer played the sudden wife of Forrest MacNeill on the Comedy Central show Review for the episode Marry, Run, Party of the first season. Starting in 2015, she starred in the TruTV sitcom Those Who Cant as an incompetent teacher at a Denver high school, alongside Ben Roy, Adam Clayton-Holland, Thayer was previously engaged to actor David Harbour. Maria Thayer at the Internet Movie Database

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Dracula
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Dracula is an 1897 Gothic horror novel by Irish author Bram Stoker, famous for introducing the character of the vampire Count Dracula. Dracula has been assigned to many genres including vampire literature, horror fiction, the gothic novel. Stoker did not invent the vampire but he defined its modern form, and the novel has spawned numerous theatrical, film, a short note is located at the end of the final chapter written 7 years after the events outlined in the novel. At first enticed by Draculas gracious manners, Harker soon realizes that he is Draculas prisoner, wandering the Counts castle against Draculas admonition, Harker encounters three female vampires, called the sisters, from whom he is rescued by Dracula. After the preparations are made, Dracula leaves Transylvania and abandons Harker to the sisters, Harker barely escapes from the castle with his life. Not long afterward, a Russian ship, the Demeter, having weighed anchor at Varna, the captains log narrates the gradual disappearance of the entire crew, until the captain alone remained, himself bound to the helm to maintain course. An animal resembling a dog is seen leaping ashore. The ships cargo is described as silver sand and 50 boxes of mould, or earth and he does this to secure for himself lairs and the 50 boxes of earth would be used as his graves which would grant safety and rest during times of feeding and replenishing his strength. Soon Dracula is indirectly shown to be stalking Lucy Westenra, who is holidaying in Whitby, as time passes she begins to suffer from episodes of sleepwalking and dementia, as witnessed by her friend Mina Murray, the fiancée of Jonathan Harker. Lucy receives three marriage proposals from Dr. John Seward, Quincey Morris, and Arthur Holmwood, Lucy accepts Holmwoods proposal while turning down Seward and Morris, but all remain friends. Dracula communicates with Sewards patient Renfield, an man who wishes to consume insects, spiders, birds. Renfield is able to detect Draculas presence and supplies clues accordingly, when Lucy begins to waste away suspiciously, Seward invites his old teacher, Abraham Van Helsing, who immediately determines the true cause of Lucys condition. He refuses to disclose it but diagnoses her with acute blood-loss, Helsing prescribes numerous blood transfusions to which Dr. Seward, Helsing, Quincey and Arthur all contribute over time. Helsing also prescribes flowers to be placed throughout her room and weaves a necklace of withered Garlic Blossoms for her to wear as well and she however continues to waste away - appearing to lose blood every night. While both doctors are absent, Lucy and her mother are attacked by a wolf, Mrs. Westenra, who has a heart condition, dies of fright. Van Helsing attempts to protect her with garlic but fate thwarts him each night, whether Lucys mother removes the garlic from her room, the doctors have found two small puncture marks about her neck, which Dr. Seward is at a loss to understand. After Lucy dies, Helsing places a crucifix over her mouth. Fate conspires against him again when Helsing finds the crucifix in the possession of one of the servants who stole it off Lucys corpse, following Lucys death and burial, the newspapers report children being stalked in the night by a bloofer lady

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Kaitlin Olson
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Kaitlin Willow Olson is an American actress known for her roles as Deandra Sweet Dee Reynolds on Its Always Sunny in Philadelphia, as Destiny in Finding Dory, and most recently, as Mickey on The Mick. Olson was born in Portland, Oregon and she resided on Vashon Island, Washington, in Puget Sound until the age of eight. Olson later relocated with her back to the Portland area, to the suburbs of Tigard. Her father, Donald Olson, worked as the publisher of the Portland Tribune, at age 12, Olson was involved in a serious bicycle accident that resulted in a fractured skull, which required reconstructive surgery. Olson studied theatre at the University of Oregon, graduating with a B. S. in Theater arts in 1997, after college, she moved to Los Angeles to pursue acting professionally. Olson was a member of the group the Groundlings. She toured with the USO to Bosnia, Kosovo and Norway and she made several guest appearances in films and television series such as Curb Your Enthusiasm, The Drew Carey Show, The Jamie Kennedy Experiment, Out of Practice, Miss Match, Family Guy, and Punkd. She had a role in the film Coyote Ugly. In 2004, she was cast as Deandra Sweet Dee Reynolds in the FX sitcom Its Always Sunny in Philadelphia and she also voiced Ethel in the first season of the Comedy Central animated series Brickleberry. In the 2013 film The Heat she appeared as a Bulgarian druggie who engages in an exchange of cultural perspectives and she played a recurring role as Hartley Underwood, the one-armed neighbor in the FX series The Riches. Olson stars in the Fox sitcom, The Mick, which premiered in January 2017 and she also serves as an executive producer for the series. Olson married her Its Always Sunny in Philadelphia boss and co-star, Rob McElhenney, the couple started dating secretly during the second season of the series. They had their first child, a boy named Axel Lee, Olson went into labor at an LA Dodgers game versus the Philadelphia Phillies, and Axel was born in their California home as planned. Their second son, Leo Grey McElhenney, was born on April 5,2012, kaitlin Olson at the Internet Movie Database

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Elizabeth Reaser
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Elizabeth Ann Reaser is an American film, television, and stage actress. Reaser was born in Bloomfield, Michigan, an affluent Detroit suburb, elizabeth was the middle of three sisters. In 1995, her mother married billionaire businessman William Davidson, Reaser attended the Avondale High School in Auburn Hills. After high school, she attended Oakland University for one year, Reaser prepared for her role on Saved by spending time in an emergency room, observing the behavior of medical staff. In October 2004, Interview magazine hailed her as one of the 14 To Be emerging creative women and her work in the film Sweet Land earned the Jury Award at the Newport Beach Film Festival and a nomination for the Independent Spirit Award Best Female Lead award. Reaser earned a Primetime Emmy Award nomination for Outstanding Guest Actress in a Drama Series for her recurring guest appearance throughout 2007 and 2008 on the television series Greys Anatomy. Reaser played the role of Esme Cullen in the movie Twilight, The Twilight Saga, New Moon in 2009 and The Twilight Saga and she reprised the role in parts one and two of The Twilight Saga, Breaking Dawn. Reaser appeared on the CBS legal drama, The Good Wife in October 2010, elizabeth Reaser at the Internet Movie Database

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Crocodile Dundee
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Crocodile Dundee is a 1986 Australian-American comedy film set in the Australian Outback and in New York City. It stars Paul Hogan as the weathered Mick Dundee, hogans future wife Linda Kozlowski portrayed Sue Charlton. Although the film was a hit both in Australia and abroad, it became controversial with some Australian critics and audiences–who resented the image of Australians as being ocker, the first scenes were filmed in the small town of McKinlay in Queensland. The hotel has original warped and polished hardwood floors, there are no crocodiles in the area as its in the outback with no major water source. Crocodile Dundee was followed by two sequels, Crocodile Dundee II and Crocodile Dundee in Los Angeles, although both films failed to match the success of the predecessor. Sue Charlton is a writer for Newsday and is dating her editor. On arrival in Walkabout Creek, she cannot locate Dundee, when Dundee arrives that night, Sue finds his leg is not missing, but he has a large scar which he refers to as a love bite. While Sue dances with Dundee, a group of city kangaroo shooters make fun of Dundees status as a crocodile hunter, causing him to knock the leader out with one punch. The next morning, offended by Micks assertion that as a sheila she is incapable of surviving the Outback alone, Sue goes out alone to prove him wrong but takes his rifle with her at his request. Mick follows her to make sure she is OK, but when she stops at a billabong to refill her canteen, overcome with gratitude, Sue finds herself becoming attracted to him. Sue invites Mick to return with her to New York City on the pretext of continuing the feature story, at first Wally scoffs at her suggestion, but he changes his mind when she tells him the newspaper would cover all expenses. Once in New York, Mick is perplexed by local behaviour and customs, after this Sue realizes her true feelings for him, and they kiss. Mick, disheartened at Sues engagement, decides to go walkabout around the US and he wondered what it would be like if a Northern Territory bushman arrived in town. Paul Hogan, Theres a lot about Dundee that we all think were like and its like the image the Americans have of us, so why not give them one. Weve always been short of folk heroes in this country. The films budget was raised through the 10BA tax concessions via Morgan Sharebrokers, Paul Hogan used his regular collaborators from TV, including John Cornell, Peter Faiman and Ken Shadie. Linda Kozlowski was imported to play the American reporter, Actors Equity Australia objected to this, six weeks of filming were spent working out of Jaja, an abandoned uranium mining camp in Kakadu National Park in the Northern Territory with an additional week in Cloncurry. There was a six weeks filming in New York

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Mario
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Mario is a fictional character in the Mario video game franchise, owned by Nintendo and created by video game designer Shigeru Miyamoto. Serving as the mascot and the eponymous protagonist of the series. Depicted as a short, pudgy, Italian plumber who resides in the Mushroom Kingdom and his younger brother and sidekick is Luigi. The Mario franchise is the video game franchise of all time. Over 210 million units of the overall Mario series of games have been sold, Marios Time Machine and Mario Teaches Typing. The franchise has branched into several mediums, including television shows, film, comics, since 1995, Mario has been voiced by Charles Martinet. Originally, Miyamoto wanted to create a game that used the characters Popeye, Bluto. At the time, however, Miyamoto was unable to acquire a license to use the characters, so he ended up making a player character, Donkey Kong. In the early stages of Donkey Kong, Mario was unable to jump, however, Miyamoto enabled Mario to jump, saying If you had a barrel rolling towards you, what would you do. While the protagonist was unnamed in the Japanese release, he would be named Jumpman in the games English instructions, Miyamoto originally named the character Mr. Video, and he was to be used in every video game Miyamoto developed. Following a heated argument in which the Nintendo employees eventually convinced Segale he would be paid, Miyamoto commented that if he had named Mario Mr. Video, Mario likely would have disappeared off the face of the Earth. By Miyamotos own account, Marios profession was chosen to fit with the game design, since Donkey Kong was set on a construction site, Mario was made into a carpenter. When he appeared again in Mario Bros. it was decided he should be a plumber, other sources have Marios profession chosen to be carpenter in an effort to depict the character as an ordinary hard worker, and make it easier for players to identify with him. Due to the limitations of arcade hardware at the time, Miyamoto clothed the character in red overalls and a blue shirt to contrast against each other. A red cap was added to let Miyamoto avoid drawing the characters hairstyle, forehead, to this end, he originally called the character Mr. Video, comparing his intent to have Mario appear in later games to the cameos done by Alfred Hitchcock within Hitchcocks films. Over time, Marios appearance has become more defined, blue eyes, white gloves, brown shoes, the colors of his shirt and overalls were also reversed from a blue shirt with red overalls to a red shirt with blue overalls. Miyamoto attributed this process to the different development teams and artists for each game as well as advances in technology as time has gone on, Nintendo did not initially reveal Marios full name. In a 1989 interview it was stated not to be Mario Mario despite the implication of the Mario Bros. series title, the first notable use of Mario Mario was in the 1993 live-action film adaptation

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Luigi
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Luigi is a fictional character featured in video games and related media released by Nintendo. Luigi first appeared in the 1983 arcade game Mario Bros. as the controlled by the second player. 3, Super Mario World, and other titles, the first game where he was available as a primary character was Super Mario Bros.2. in Luigis Mansion for the Nintendo GameCube in 2001, and in Luigis Mansion, Dark Moon for the 3DS. In all three of these games, he is called upon to act as the hero because Mario, Luigi has also appeared in every episode of the three DiC TV series based on the NES and Super NES games. Originally developed as a swap of Mario with a green color scheme instead of red, Luigi has since developed a personality. As his role in the Mario series progressed, Luigi evolved into a distinct character, taller and thinner than his brother. Nintendo called the period of March 2013 to March 2014 The Year of Luigi to commemorate the anniversary of the characters existence. Correspondingly, games released in 2013 emphasised Luigi, such as Luigis Mansion, Dark Moon, Mario & Luigi, Dream Team, Dr. Luigi, an unlockable Luigi-themed version of Mario Bros. titled Luigi Bros. was also included with Super Mario 3D World. Luigis name is said to have inspired by a pizza parlor near Nintendo of Americas headquarters in Redmond, Washington. Miyamoto observed that the word ruiji means similar in the Japanese language, while Mario was originally portrayed as a carpenter in Donkey Kong, the duo of Mario and Luigi in Mario Bros. were styled as Italian plumbers by Miyamoto, on the suggestion of a colleague. After the success of Mario Bros, Luigi was introduced to a wider audience in 1985 with the release of the console game Super Mario Bros. Once again his role was restricted to a swap of Mario. The later Japan-only version of Super Mario Bros.2 in 1986 marked the beginning of Luigis development toward becoming a distinguished character. As with his previous appearances, Luigi remained a palette swap of Mario, however, Luigi could now jump higher and farther than his brother, at the expense of movement response and precision. While this version of Super Mario Bros.2 was released in Japan, in 1988, consequently, an alternative release was developed to serve as Super Mario Bros.2 for western players, this version would play a key role in shaping Luigis current appearance. The game was a conversion of Yume Kōjō, Doki Doki Panic, with the graphics altered to represent characters and scenes from the Mario franchise. There were earlier appearances of Luigi being taller than Mario, in the 1988 Famicom Disk System game Famicom Grand Prix II, 3D Hot Rally and earlier, in a very rare 1986 anime Super Mario Bros. Luigis distinctive appearance from the Yume Kōjō, Doki Doki Panic-inspired version of Super Mario Bros.2 has been used ever since, much like his appearance, Luigis vocal portrayal has fluctuated over the years

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Michael Sheen
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Michael Christopher Sheen, OBE is a Welsh political activist, actor and director. His performances in Amadeus at the Old Vic and Look Back in Anger at the National Theatre were nominated for Olivier Awards in 1998 and 1999, in 2003, he was nominated for a third Olivier Award for his performance in Caligula at the Donmar Warehouse. Sheen has become known as a screen actor since the 2000s. With writer Peter Morgan, he has starred in a trilogy of films as British politician Tony Blair, for playing Blair, he was nominated for both a BAFTA Award and an Emmy. He also starred as the football manager Brian Clough in The Damned United. Since 2009 and into the 2010s, Sheen has become known for a variety of roles. In 2009, Sheen appeared in two films, Underworld, Rise of the Lycans and The Twilight Saga, New Moon, while in 2010. He appeared in the science-fiction film Tron, Legacy and Woody Allens romantic comedy Midnight in Paris, at Easter 2011, Sheen directed and starred in National Theatre Waless The Passion. From late 2011 until early 2012, Sheen played the role in Hamlet at the Young Vic. In 2013, he received a Golden Globe nomination for his role in Showtimes television drama Masters of Sex, Sheen was born in Newport, Wales, the son of Irene, a secretary, and Meyrick, a British Steel Corporation personnel manager. He has one sister, Joanne. When he was five, the moved to Wallasey. Director Sam Mendes has described Sheen as a creature and attributed that to the actors Welsh roots. Hes Welsh in the tradition of Anthony Hopkins and Richard Burton, fiery, mercurial, a keen footballer, Sheen was scouted and offered a place on Arsenals youth team at the age of 12, but his family was unwilling to relocate to London. He later said he was grateful for his parents decision, as the chances of forging a professional career were so slim. He lost interest in playing football in his early teens, in his teenage years, Sheen was involved with the West Glamorgan Youth Theatre and, later, the National Youth Theatre of Wales. It was a brilliant youth theatre, Sheen has said, and it taught me not only a lot about acting and he was influenced by the performances of Laurence Olivier and the writings of theatre critic Kenneth Tynan—the combination of those two things kind of blew my head off. Sheen was educated at Blaenbaglan Primary School, Glan Afan Comprehensive School and, finally, Neath Port Talbot College where he sat A-levels in English, Drama and he considered studying English at university but instead decided to attend drama school

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Justin Kirk
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He is also known for his portrayal of Andy Botwin on the Showtime series Weeds. Kirk was born in Salem, Oregon and his mother was of Russian Jewish descent and his father was of Danish and English ancestry. Kirk grew up in Union, Washington, where he attended a school on a Native American reservation, until his family moved to Minneapolis, Minnesota. He attended high school there and performed at Childrens Theatre Company and he moved to New York City after graduating. Kirk played guitar in several New York bands in the early 1990s and he completed a two-year conservatory acting program at Circle in the Square Theatre School. His first role on Broadway was a play called Any Given Day, both in the film and in the original stage version – for which he received an Obie Award for Distinguished Performance in the Ensemble. He also appeared in Other Desert Cities with Stockard Channing, Judith Light and he won a Backstage West Garland Award for Outstanding Performance for his role as a piano prodigy in Old Wicked Songs, staged at New Yorks Promenade Theater and Los Angeles Geffen Playhouse. Kirks other films include Flannel Pajamas, Chapter Zero, The Eden Myth, Puccini for Beginners and he made his television series debut in Jack & Jill. He starred as Andy Botwin on the Showtime television series Weeds alongside former Angels in America co-star Mary-Louise Parker, Justin Kirk at the Internet Movie Database Justin Kirk at AllMovie Justin Kirk at the Internet Broadway Database

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Aimee Mann
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Aimee Mann is an American rock singer-songwriter, bassist and guitarist. She was the bassist and a vocalist for the band Til Tuesday during the 1980s and since then she has released albums. Mann grew up in Bon Air, Virginia, attended Midlothian High School in Chesterfield County, in 1978, Mann enrolled in Berklee College of Music in Boston, Massachusetts. She dropped out of Berklee and joined the Boston punk band the Young Snakes, in 1983, the band released the EP Bark Along with the Young Snakes. In 1983, Mann co-founded the new wave band Til Tuesday with Berklee classmate, in 1985, the band released Voices Carry, the debut album with the title track inspired by Manns breakup with Hausman. It won the MTV Video Music Award for Best New Artist, in 1986, the band released Welcome Home, their second album. In 1987, she sang vocals with Geddy Lee on the single Time Stand Still by rock band Rush from their 1987 album Hold Your Fire and she also appeared in the music video for the song. In 1988, the band released Everythings Different Now, their third, shortly after its release, Mann said that she was much more pleased with it than the debut, primarily because she felt it made more of a personal statement about her life. The band broke up in 1990 when Mann left to start her solo career, in 1993, Mann released her debut solo album, Whatever, which sold modestly but met with critical praise. In 1995, Mann released Im with Stupid, her album, through Geffen Records which, like her debut, garnered positive reviews. In 2000, Mann released Bachelor No,2, released on SuperEgo, which included some songs from Magnolia and new material. In 2001, she joined the panel for the 1st Annual Independent Music Awards. In 2002, Mann released Lost in Space, an album which features art by Seth, the song High on Sunday 51 from this album was used on the soundtrack of Third Watch, Season 4, Episode 13. The following year she released Lost in Space Special Edition, which features a disc containing six live recordings as well as two B-sides and two previously unreleased songs. In 2004, Mann released Live at St. Anns Warehouse, in 2005, Mann released The Forgotten Arm, a concept album set in the 1970s about two lovers who meet at the Virginia State Fair and go on the run. The Joe Henry-produced album, which was recorded live with few overdubs. The following year Mann received a Grammy Award for Best Recording Package for the albums artwork, in 2006, Mann released One More Drifter in the Snow, a Christmas album featuring both covers and new songs. Smilers, which features Grammy-nominated artwork by Gary Taxali, the album debuted on the Billboard 200 at number 32 and on the Top Independent Albums chart at number 2

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Open Mike Eagle
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Eagle II, better known by his stage name Open Mike Eagle, is an American alternative hip hop artist. Originally from Chicago, Illinois, he is now based in Los Angeles, California and he is also a member of Thirsty Fish and Swim Team. Mike grew up in Chicago and lived with his grandparents until he was 13 at which point he moved in with his mother and he attended Whitney M. Young Magnet High School and went on to Southern Illinois University Carbondale where he majored in psychology. There he became friends with Hannibal Buress after being his resident adviser. He did a year of school, but quickly moved to Los Angeles to live with his dad. He began working for AmeriCorps for six months before getting a job at a halfway house. As he continued to work odd jobs, Mike rapped as a hobby before discovering Project Blowed, in 2010, Open Mike Eagle released the first solo album, Unapologetic Art Rap, on Mush Records. The album features Nocando, Busdriver, and Serengeti and his second album, Rappers Will Die of Natural Causes, was released on Hellfyre Club in 2011. It features vocal contributions from P. O. S and MC Paul Barman, in 2012, Open Mike Eagle released the album, 4nml Hsptl, on Fake Four Inc. It is entirely produced by Awkward, in 2012, he co-authored and participated in a study conducted by the National Institutes of Health that observed the locations of increased brain activity during freestyle rapping. Open Mike Eagle, Dumbfoundead and Psychosiz make up the rap trio Thirsty Fish and they released the first album Testing the Waters in 2007 and the second album Watergate on Mush Records in 2011. All three members of Thirsty Fish are also co-founders of the battle crew Swim Team, in 2008, Swim Team released the mixtape Oceans 11. On June 13,2014 & August 15,2014, Mike Eagle appeared live on Ron and he met his wife Tiffany at a TransAfrica nationalist conference at UCLA and they have one son together. Mike also has a brother and sister. Mike Eagle has expressed his appreciation for the Cartoon Network animated television series Adventure Time, in June 2015, Eagle along with John Moe, launched Conversation Parade, a podcast in which the two discuss the show. More recently, Open Mike Eagle podcasts regularly on his podcast Secret Skin, Mike Eagle also co-hosts the pro-wrestling podcast Tights and Fights with Hal Lublin and Danielle Radford on the Maximum Fun Network. He has coined his own term for the style of some of his music, which he calls Art Rap. D. Memory Man - Funtastic from Broadcast One Milo - True Nen from So the Flies Dont Come Blu & Fate - Oblivia from Open Your Optics to Optimism Factor Chandelier - Dozer II from Factoria P. O

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Hal Lublin
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Hal Lublin is an American actor, improv performer, and voice-over artist best known for his work on the Thrilling Adventure Hour and Welcome to Night Vale. Lublin has studied improvisational comedy with The Groundlings, The Second City and he does voice work, including animation, commercials, and video games. He voiced a character in the animated series Slammo & Sloshie. Since 2006, Lublin has been featured in a series for Symantec as Hal. Lublin co-creates UN-imations with Len Peralta, which are improvised pieces of art in which Lublin provides a voice and it was announced in September 2015 that Lublin would be appearing in season six of The Venture Bros. Lublin has been a WorkJuice player on the Thrilling Adventure Hour starting in 2005 and his roles included Gummy to Craig Cackowskis Banjo in Mooonshine Holler, Phillip Fathom, and numerous other recurring characters. In October 2013 Lublin joined the popular podcast Welcome to Night Vale, Lublin has also been a frequent guest in The David Feldman Show. Lublin and fellow WorkJuice Player Mark Gagliardi launched We Got This with Mark and Hal, in July 2015 the podcast joined the Maximum Fun podcast network. Originally from Philadelphia, Lublin graduated from Syracuse University in 1999, Hal Lublin on Twitter Hal Lublin on Instagram Hal Lublin on Tumblr Hal Lublin at the Internet Movie Database

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Colin Hanks
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Colin Hanks is an American actor and documentary film-maker. He is the eldest son of actor Tom Hanks, in the Talking Tom and Friends animated series, he voices Talking Tom. Hanks was born and raised in Sacramento, California, the eldest son of actor Tom Hanks and his first wife, producer and actress Susan Dillingham and his paternal grandmother was of Portuguese descent, while his maternal grandfathers mother is of Austrian Jewish and Polish Jewish descent. His other ancestry is English, Scottish, Irish, and German and his surname was changed to Hanks after his parents married in 1978. He has a sister, Elizabeth, and two younger paternal half-brothers, Chester Marlon Hanks and Truman Theodore Hanks, from his fathers second marriage. Hanks attended Sacramento Country Day School, and then Chapman University and he left without earning a degree. In 1999, Hanks won the role of Alex Whitman in the science-fiction series Roswell, during that time, he acted in the teen comedies Whatever It Takes with Shane West and Get Over It with Ben Foster. Hanks also made an appearance in an episode of The OC and he appeared in part eight of HBO mini-series Band of Brothers as Lt. Henry Jones. In 2002, he starred in his first film as Shaun Brumder in Orange County, alongside Jack Black, the comedy features Hanks trying to get into Stanford University after his guidance counselor mistakenly sends out the wrong transcript. In 2005, he appeared in the remake of King Kong, playing the assistant to Jack Blacks character, in 2006, Hanks had a cameo role in Blacks Tenacious D in The Pick of Destiny, playing a drunken fraternity brother. He starred in the romantic comedy The House Bunny, playing Oliver, a manager of a nursing home. In 2008, he appeared in The Great Buck Howard, which was produced by his father and he also played Father Gill, a young Roman Catholic priest, in season 2 of the TV show Mad Men. In 2009, he made his Broadway debut, acting alongside Jane Fonda in the Moisés Kaufman play 33 Variations. In 2009, Hanks began work as director on All Things Must Pass, a documentary about Tower Records, Hanks starred in the 2010 Fox TV series The Good Guys as young detective Jack Bailey, alongside Bradley Whitford who played an old school detective. In 2011, he starred in the indie film Lucky, alongside Ari Graynor, Ann-Margret and he also joined the cast of Dexter for season six opposite Edward James Olmos, where he portrays an art historian Travis Marshall who is involved in a murderous apocalyptic cult. In 2013, he starred as Allison in the season of the web series Burning Love. That same year he also portrayed Dr. Malcolm Perry in the historical film Parkland, in 2014, he played Officer Gus Grimly in the FX television series Fargo, for which he received Critics Choice Television Award and Primetime Emmy Award nominations. In 2015, Hanks was in the show Talking Tom and Friends and he plays as Talking Tom, the main character and that what he is known for

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The Chronicles of Narnia
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The Chronicles of Narnia is a series of seven high fantasy novels by C. S. Lewis. It is considered a classic of literature and is the authors best-known work. The books span the history of Narnia, from its creation in The Magicians Nephew to its eventual destruction in The Last Battle. The books have profoundly influenced adult and childrens literature since World War II. Lewiss exploration of themes not usually present in literature, such as religion, as well as the books perceived treatment of issues including race. Although Lewis originally conceived what would become The Chronicles of Narnia in 1939, he did not finish writing the first book The Lion, the Witch, the Magicians Nephew, the penultimate book to be published, but the last to be written, was completed in 1954. Lewis did not write the books in the order in which they were originally published, the original illustrator, Pauline Baynes, created pen and ink drawings for the Narnia books that are still used in the editions published today. Lewis was awarded the 1956 Carnegie Medal for The Last Battle and this picture had been in my mind since I was about sixteen. Then one day, when I was about forty, I said to myself, shortly before the start of World War II, many children were evacuated to the English countryside in anticipation of attacks on London and other major urban areas by Nazi Germany. As a result, on 2 September 1939, three girls, Margaret, Mary and Katherine, came to live at The Kilns in Risinghurst. But it is most about Peter who was the youngest and they all had to go away from London suddenly because of Air Raids, and because Father, who was in the Army, had gone off to the War and Mother was doing some kind of war work. They were sent to stay with a kind of relation of Mothers who was an old professor who lived all by himself in the country. In It All Began With a Picture C. S. Lewis continues, but then suddenly Aslan came bounding into it. I think I had been having a good many dreams of lions about that time, apart from that, I dont know where the Lion came from or why he came. But once he was there, he pulled the story together. The manuscript for The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe was complete by the end of March 1949, the name Narnia is based on Narni, Italy, written in Latin as Narnia. Lancelyn Green wrote, When Walter Hooper asked where he found the word Narnia, Lewis showed him Murrays Small Classical Atlas, grundy, which he acquired when he was reading the classics with Mr Kirkpatrick at Great Bookham. On plate 8 of the Atlas is a map of ancient Italy, Lewis had underscored the name of a little town called Narnia, simply because he liked the sound of it

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United States
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Forty-eight of the fifty states and the federal district are contiguous and located in North America between Canada and Mexico. The state of Alaska is in the northwest corner of North America, bordered by Canada to the east, the state of Hawaii is an archipelago in the mid-Pacific Ocean. The U. S. territories are scattered about the Pacific Ocean, the geography, climate and wildlife of the country are extremely diverse. At 3.8 million square miles and with over 324 million people, the United States is the worlds third- or fourth-largest country by area, third-largest by land area. It is one of the worlds most ethnically diverse and multicultural nations, paleo-Indians migrated from Asia to the North American mainland at least 15,000 years ago. European colonization began in the 16th century, the United States emerged from 13 British colonies along the East Coast. Numerous disputes between Great Britain and the following the Seven Years War led to the American Revolution. On July 4,1776, during the course of the American Revolutionary War, the war ended in 1783 with recognition of the independence of the United States by Great Britain, representing the first successful war of independence against a European power. The current constitution was adopted in 1788, after the Articles of Confederation, the first ten amendments, collectively named the Bill of Rights, were ratified in 1791 and designed to guarantee many fundamental civil liberties. During the second half of the 19th century, the American Civil War led to the end of slavery in the country. By the end of century, the United States extended into the Pacific Ocean. The Spanish–American War and World War I confirmed the status as a global military power. The end of the Cold War and the dissolution of the Soviet Union in 1991 left the United States as the sole superpower. The U. S. is a member of the United Nations, World Bank, International Monetary Fund, Organization of American States. The United States is a developed country, with the worlds largest economy by nominal GDP. It ranks highly in several measures of performance, including average wage, human development, per capita GDP. While the U. S. economy is considered post-industrial, characterized by the dominance of services and knowledge economy, the United States is a prominent political and cultural force internationally, and a leader in scientific research and technological innovations. In 1507, the German cartographer Martin Waldseemüller produced a map on which he named the lands of the Western Hemisphere America after the Italian explorer and cartographer Amerigo Vespucci

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John Hodgman
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John Kellogg Hodgman is an American author, actor, and humorist. His writings have been published in One Story, The Paris Review, McSweeneys Quarterly Concern, Wired and The New York Times Magazine and he contributes to This American Life, and CBC Radio One’s Wiretap. His first book and accompanying audio narration, The Areas of My Expertise and his second book, More Information Than You Require, went on sale October 21,2008. His third book, That Is All, went on sale November 1,2011, Hodgman was the headline speaker at the 2009 Radio and Television Correspondents Association dinner in Washington, D. C. He attended the Heath School and Brookline High School, where he edited the underground magazine Samizdat, during his last year of high school, he hosted the weekly Radio Consuelo show on freeform station WMFO in Medford. In 1994 Hodgman graduated from Yale University with a degree in literature, before gaining fame as a writer, Hodgman worked as a literary agent at Writers House in New York City, where he represented Darin Strauss, Deborah Digges, and actor Bruce Campbell, among others. Hodgman has used his experience as an agent in his column “Ask a Former Professional Literary Agent” at McSweeneys Internet Tendency, Hodgman appeared on The Daily Show on November 16,2005, to promote his book, The Areas of My Expertise. Host Jon Stewart described the book as “very funny” and said that the section on hobo names in particular was written with “a certain kind of genius. ”Hodgman has returned to the Daily Show numerous times for resident expert interview segments, and has been listed on the shows web site as a contributor. In 2005, Hodgman played a character named The Deranged Millionaire in They Might Be Giantss Venue Songs DVD/CD, the Deranged Millionaire character also appeared on the Daily Show on April 2,2014. He also narrated a number of Venue Songs-themed setlists during the live shows in 2005. Hodgman appeared again with They Might Be Giants on The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson, on December 11,2009, Hodgman performed the spoken-word portions of the song Why Does the Sun Shine. In February 2006, Hodgman appeared on Attack of the Show, in this appearance, Hodgman recounted the sad tale of the lobster and brought along Jonathan Coulton, a frequent Hodgman collaborator and musical director of the Little Gray Book lectures. Coulton performed a song called Furry Old Lobster, also, on October 18,2008, Hodgman appeared again on Attack of the Show to talk about his newest book, More Information Than You Require. Hodgman appeared in the North American Get a Mac advertising campaign for Apple Inc. which ran from May 2006 through 2010, in the ads he plays the personification of a PC alongside his Mac counterpart, played by actor Justin Long. In reality, however, Hodgman himself became a Mac user in 1984, in 2007, Hodgman appeared in the Bowie episode of the HBO television series Flight of the Conchords. He played the manager of a greeting card company who was considering using one of the bands songs for a greeting card. In October 1,2008, Boing Boings Xeni Jardin announced the debut of the web series SPAMasterpiece Theater. Hodgman appeared in the episode No Exit of Battlestar Galactica, appearing as the civilian neurosurgeon and he had earlier visited the set in 2005 to write about the show for The New York Times Magazine

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Jen Kirkman
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Jennifer Ann Jen Kirkman is an American stand-up comedian, screenwriter, and actress. She has released four albums, Self Help, Hail to the Freaks, Im Gonna Die Alone. Her debut book, I Can Barely Take Care of Myself, Tales From a Happy Life Without Kids, was published in April 2013, Kirkman was born in Needham, Massachusetts, and is the youngest of three sisters. She has a nephew named Buffalo, who suffers from gigantism and she is of German, Polish, French-Canadian and English heritage. Kirkman majored in acting at Emerson College in Boston, on August 21,2009, Kirkman married writer/director Neil Mahoney in a private ceremony at the Wayside Inn in Sudbury, Massachusetts. On the August 25,2011, episode of Chelsea Lately, on the January 14,2012, episode of the Pod F. Tompkast, she confirmed that she and Mahoney had divorced. Kirkman performs stand-up comedy in Los Angeles, California, appearing regularly at the Hollywood Improv, The Laugh Factory, Largo and she has performed with comedians Maria Bamford, Greg Behrendt, Mike Birbiglia and Chelsea Handler. In 2009 and 2010, she performed as part of the Comedians of Chelsea Lately and she has made appearances on several American television shows, including performances on Conan, The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson, Late Friday, Premium Blend and Special Sauce. Kirkman has made appearances on The Crabfeast podcast, which is hosted by comedians Jay Larson. She also appeared regularly on the monthly Pod F. Tompkast podcast with Paul F. Tompkins and she also produces I Seem Fun, The Diary Of Jen Kirkman, her own weekly podcast. She cites her influences as Joan Rivers, Howard Stern, Roseanne Barr, Morrissey. In 2006, Kirkman released her comedy album, Self Help through AST Records. Her second album, Hail to the Freaks, was recorded live at The Upright Citizens Brigade Theatre on December 11,2010 and it was released on May 17,2011 with a bonus disk of additional material, and peaked at #13 on the Billboard Top Comedy Albums chart. Kirkman was a narrator on two episodes of the Funny or Die-produced series Drunk History on HBO, which received the prize for Best Short Film at the 2010 Sundance Film Festival. Though it is questioned, she was actually drunk for both episodes. In 2007, she appeared as a cast member on the sketch comedy show Acceptable. TV on VH1. She has also made regular appearances on the Adult Swim series Home Movies. In 2009, she wrote two episodes of the Disney Channel animated series Phineas and Ferb, most notably, Kirkman is a staff writer and roundtable regular on Chelsea Lately

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Paget Brewster
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Paget Valerie Brewster is an American actress. She was first recognized for her role as Kathy on the fourth season of the NBC sitcom Friends. She has also made numerous guest appearances on Two and a Half Men, Law & Order, Special Victims Unit and she currently stars as Dodo Bellacourt on the Comedy Central series Another Period. Brewster was born on March 10,1969, in Concord and her mother, Hathaway Brewster, worked as a government official, and her father, Galen Brewster, worked as a school administrator. She has a brother, Ivan. Brewster grew up in Massachusetts and moved to New York City to attend Parsons School of Design, during her first year, she made her acting debut and eventually dropped out of design school to pursue her acting career. In the mid 1990s, Brewster moved to San Francisco and enrolled in acting classes, as of 2014 she resides in Los Angeles. Brewster hosted a talk show in the San Francisco Bay Area in the mid 1990s called The Paget Show for 65 episodes. She first came to prominent attention in her role as Kathy in the fourth season of NBCs Friends. She appeared in Andy Richter Controls the Universe and Huff, on film she played Ms. Indestructible, the female lead in James Gunns low-budget superhero comedy The Specials. She played Amy Pierson, a calculus teacher afraid of the water, in the independent film The Big Bad Swim, in 2005, she began voice work as Judy Sebben/Birdgirl, a recurring character on the animated series Harvey Birdman, Attorney at Law. Owing to complaints from fans, both she and Cook were rehired and kept for the following season, in February 2012, Brewster announced via Deadline that she was leaving Criminal Minds at the end of the season to pursue a possible career in comedy television. Brewster reprised her role as Emily Prentiss in season nine for the 200th episode as a special guest star, Brewster subsequently portrayed bureau chief ADA Paula Foster in the Public Integrity Unit of the District Attorneys office on NBCs long-running police drama Law & Order, Special Victims Unit. Her character handled the case against SVU commanding officer Captain Donald Cragen, Brewster is a regular on The Thrilling Adventure Hour, a staged production in the style of old-time radio that is recorded monthly at Largo in Los Angeles. She plays the character of Sadie Doyle, the alcoholic socialite who can communicate with the supernatural alongside her husband, Frank. In early April 2013, Brewster appeared in Modern Family as Trish in episode 20, Flip Flop, playing an art expert who is dating Glorias ex-husband, in August 2013, Brewster appeared in episode 106 of the Drunk History television series on Comedy Central. In January 2015 Brewster appeared on Community, in February 2014 it was announced that she had been cast in a new ABC comedy called St. Francis. In August 2016, it was announced that she would be reprising her role as Emily Prentiss on Criminal Minds, Brewster also regularly appears on Will You Accept This Rose, a Nerdist podcast hosted by Arden Myrin about The Bachelor franchise

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Heidi Klum
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Heidi Klum is a German-American model, television personality, businesswoman, fashion designer, singer, television producer, and occasional actress. She appeared on the cover of the Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Issue and she has worked as a spokesmodel for Dannon and H&M, and has appeared in numerous commercials for McDonalds, Volkswagen and others. In 2009, Klum became Barbies official ambassador on Barbies 50th anniversary, as an occasional actress, she had supporting roles in movies including Blow Dry, Ella Enchanted, and made cameo appearances in The Devil Wears Prada and Perfect Stranger. She has also appeared on TV shows including Sex and the City, How I Met Your Mother, Desperate Housewives and Parks, currently, Klum is a judge on the NBC reality show Americas Got Talent. In May 2011, Forbes magazine estimated Klums total earnings for that year as US$20 million and she is ranked second on Forbes list of the Worlds Top-Earning Models, behind Gisele Bündchen. Forbes noted that since ending her 13-year run as a Victorias Secret Angel, in 2008, she became an American citizen while maintaining her native German citizenship. Klum was born and raised in Bergisch Gladbach, a town outside Cologne and she is the daughter of Erna, a hairdresser, and Günther Klum, a cosmetics company executive. A friend convinced her to enroll in a modeling contest called Model 92. Out of 25,000 contestants, Klum was voted the winner on April 29,1992, after winning, she appeared on the Gottschalk Late Night Show, a German television show with host Thomas Gottschalk. She accepted the contract a few months later after graduating from school, Klum has been featured on the cover of French, German, Portuguese and Spanish Vogue magazines, as well as Elle, InStyle, Marie Claire, Glamour and Russian Harpers Bazaar magazines. She became widely known after appearing on the cover of the Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Issue, Klum has hosted the 2002,2006,2007, and 2009 Victorias Secret Fashion Shows. On October 1,2010, the New York Post reported in its Page Six gossip column that Klum would be leaving Victorias Secret and she wrote the foreword to Gairs book of body paint work, Body Painting, Masterpieces. She was a spokesmodel for McDonalds, Braun, Dannon, H & M, since 2007, she has been a celebrity spokesmodel for Jordache and Volkswagen. In addition to modeling, she has appeared in several TV shows, including Spin City, Sex and the City, Yes, Dear, and How I Met Your Mother. She had a role as a hair model in the movie Blow Dry, played a giantess in the movie Ella Enchanted and was cast as Ursula Andress in The Life. She had cameo appearances in the films The Devil Wears Prada and her other projects include dance and video games. She is featured in the 2003 video game James Bond 007, Everything or Nothing, the latter video depicts the married couple sharing intimate moments while naked in bed, the concept was Klums idea. In July 2007, having earned US$8 million in the previous 16 months, in 2008, Forbes estimated her income at US$16 million, putting Klum in first place

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Erinn Hayes
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Erinn Hayes is an American actress and comedian. She is known for her role as Dr. Lola Spratt on the Adult Swim comedy Childrens Hospital and she has played roles in a number of network sitcoms, including Alison on The Winner, Melanie Clayton on Worst Week, and Sheila on Guys with Kids. In 2012, she had her first feature role in the black comedy Its a Disaster. She currently stars on the CBS sitcom Kevin Can Wait, in 2005 Hayes appeared as a chef Becky Sharp on FOXs short-lived Kitchen Confidential. Also, in same year, she played the role of Pam Dawber in the TV movie, Behind the Camera. Hayes played Alison on the television show The Winner, created by Ricky Blitt, on May 16,2007, the series was officially cancelled. Hayes played the role of Dr. Lola Spratt in the comedy series Childrens Hospital on Adult Swim. She was nominated for an Emmy for Outstanding Actress in a Short Form Comedy or Drama Series in 2016 and she played the role of Melanie Clayton on the CBS comedy series Worst Week. The series was an Americanized version of the British comedy The Worst Week of My Life, in the 2008-2009 television season, the show aired Monday nights at 9,30 PM ET on CBS following Two and a Half Men. She then later starred on the NBC comedy series Guys with Kids and she starred in films such as Its a Disaster, The Watch, & They Came Together. Hayes co-starred in the season of Hulus reality TV parody series The Hotwives of Las Vegas in 2015. She is currently co-starring in the CBS series Kevin Can Wait, Hayes plays Kevin Jamess wife Donna on the CBS sitcom which premiered on September 19,2016. Hayes attended University of Colorado Boulder and graduated in 1998 with a bachelors of fine arts in performance, Hayes and her high school sweetheart husband, construction supervisor Jack Hayes, have a daughter named Maggie. They had their daughter, Lilah Grace, on April 29,2009. Erinn Hayes at the Internet Movie Database Erinn Hayes on Twitter

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Cher
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Cher is an American singer and actress. Commonly referred to as the Goddess of Pop, she is described as embodying female autonomy in a male-dominated industry. Cher gained popularity in 1965 as one-half of the folk rock husband-wife duo Sonny & Cher after their song I Got You Babe reached number one on the American and she began her solo career simultaneously, releasing in 1966 her first million-seller song, Bang Bang. She became a personality in the 1970s with her shows The Sonny & Cher Comedy Hour, watched by over 30 million viewers weekly during its three-year run. She emerged as a trendsetter by wearing elaborate outfits on her television shows. While working on television, she established herself as a solo artist with the U. S. Billboard Hot 100 chart-topping singles Gypsys, Tramps & Thieves, Half-Breed, and Dark Lady. After her divorce from Sonny Bono in 1975, Cher launched a comeback in 1979 with the disco-oriented album Take Me Home and earned $300,000 a week for her 1980–82 residency show in Las Vegas. In 1982, Cher made her Broadway debut in the play Come Back to the Five and Dime, Jimmy Dean, Jimmy Dean and starred in the film adaptation of the same title. She subsequently earned critical acclaim for her performances in such as Silkwood, Mask. She then revived her career by recording the rock-inflected albums Cher, Heart of Stone. She reached a new peak in 1998 with the album Believe. It also features the use of Auto-Tune, also known as the Cher effect. Her 2002–2005 Living Proof, The Farewell Tour became one of the concert tours of all time. In 2008, she signed a $180 million deal to headline the Colosseum at Caesars Palace in Las Vegas for three years, after seven years of absence, she returned to film in the 2010 musical Burlesque. Chers first studio album in 12 years, Closer to the Truth, Cher has won a Grammy Award, an Emmy Award, an Academy Award, three Golden Globe Awards, a Cannes Film Festival Award, and a special CFDA Fashion Award, among several other honors. Throughout her career, she has sold 100 million records worldwide and she is the only artist to date to have a number-one single on a Billboard chart in each decade from the 1960s to the 2010s. Outside of her music and acting, she is noted for her views, philanthropic endeavors and social activism, including LGBT rights. Cher was born Cherilyn Sarkisian in El Centro, California, on May 20,1946, Chers father was rarely home when she was an infant, and her parents divorced when Cher was ten months old

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Jonathan Coulton
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Jonathan Coulton, often called JoCo by fans, is an American singer-songwriter, known for his songs about geek culture and his use of the Internet to draw fans. Among his most popular songs are Code Monkey, Skullcrusher Mountain, Re, Your Brains, Still Alive and his album Artificial Heart was the first to chart, eventually reaching #1 on Billboards Top Heatseekers and #125 in the Billboard 200. Coultons music tends to fit a folk style, with elements of pop. Coulton graduated in 1993 from Yale, where he was a member of the Yale Whiffenpoofs, rare topical songs include 2005s Ws Duty, which sampled President George W. Bush, and 2006s Tom Cruise Crazy. In the early days, Coultons music was discovered by podcasters, notably, podcasting early adopters Adam Curry of the Daily Source Code and The Wizards of Technology made regular use of Coultons music. In April 2006, he lent his voice to one such podcast, The Spoilers, in which he and hosts Rick Yaeger and Bill Douthett provided a 2-hour fan commentary for Raiders of the Lost Ark. He was the Contributing Troubadour at Popular Science magazine, whose September 2005 issue was accompanied by a set by Coulton called Our Bodies, Ourselves. He was also the Musical Director for The Little Gray Book Lectures, Coulton was quoted in a September 2006 interview as stating that as a result of the experiment, in some parts of the country, Id be making a decent living. Coulton wrote and performed a song titled Still Alive for the credits of Valves 2007 video game Portal. On April 1,2008, Harmonix made this available as free downloadable content for the game Rock Band. A version with Coultons vocals was included on the Orange Box Original Soundtrack. Re, Your Brains made an appearance as an egg in Left 4 Dead 2. The song has called the most influential game music. In 2011, Coulton followed up the success of Still Alive with a new song at the end of Portal 2 and he also wrote the song You Wouldnt Know for Lego Dimensions. Coulton is also known for original pieces such as Code Monkey and it was also the theme song for an animated show on G4 called Code Monkeys. His work has featured on NPRs All Things Considered. Good Morning Silicon Valley featured a link to a set to his song Re. Coulton accompanied John Hodgman on his 700 Hobo Names promotional track for Hodgmans book The Areas of My Expertise as the guitarist

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Kumail Nanjiani
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Kumail Nanjiani is a Pakistani-American stand-up comedian, actor, writer, and podcast host. In addition hes starred on the TNT series Franklin & Bash and he also co-hosts the Comedy Central show The Meltdown with Jonah and Kumail. In addition to his television and film work, he hosts two podcasts, The Indoor Kids and The X-Files Files, Nanjiani was born in Karachi, Pakistan. He was raised as a Shia Muslim, but became an atheist later in life and he is related to the Pakistani-Scottish radio presenter Shereen Nanjiani. During his childhood, Nanjiani lived in Karachi and attended Karachi Grammar School, at 18, he moved to the United States and attended Grinnell College in Iowa, from which he graduated in 2001. He completed a major in Computer Science and Philosophy. In July 2011, he and X-Play staffer Ali Baker began hosting a video game-themed podcast, in late August of the same year Baker left the show and Nanjiani began hosting with his wife, Emily V. Gordon. Until other commitments took over, he appeared regularly on Dan Harmons podcast Harmontown and he played a delivery man in the 2013 film, The Kings of Summer. In addition to guest-starring in various shows like Portlandia, Nanjiani was featured in a supporting role in the TNT series Franklin & Bash. He played the role of Pindar Singh, a science fiction nerd working for the title characters. In 2015, Nanjiani guest-starred in an episode of Broad City called In Heat, Nanjiani guest-starred on HBOs Veep as a statistician. He currently has the role of Amir Larussa on Newsreaders. His Comedy Central special titled Beta Male aired in July 2013, in late June 2013, Comedy Central announced the pickup of a show The Meltdown with Jonah and Kumail hosted by Jonah Ray and Nanjiani. The show, featuring Nerd Melt comedy regulars and various comedians, in April 2014, he began playing the character Dinesh in the HBO sitcom Silicon Valley. He voiced Reggie in the video game The Walking Dead, Season Two, in July 2014, Nanjiani hosted a weekly podcast titled The X-Files Files, dedicated to discussion and fond reminiscences about The X-Files. Each episode features him and a guest, including former The X-Files writers, producers, actors and directors, on July 30,2014, Nanjiani appeared on Ken Reids TV Guidance Counselor Podcast. Starting on March 22,2015 he provided his voice for the character of Mshak Moradi in the Hunt the Truth audio drama, part of the campaign for Halo 5. He is also reprising his role in Season 2 of the same, on May 5,2015, he appeared on Inside Amy Schumer in the episode 12 Angry Men Inside Amy Schumer, a parody of 12 Angry Men, as one of the members of the jury

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Steve Agee
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Steven Douglas Steve Agee is an American comedian, actor, and writer, known for his role as Steve Myron on the Comedy Central series The Sarah Silverman Program. Agee was born in Riverside, California, as a promotional stunt for his Twitter account, Agee promised to read every one of his followers names if he reached 5,000 followers as of April 17,2009. He acquired over 7,700 followers by that date, rich Fulcher, James Gunn, Rainn Wilson, Sarah Silverman and various friends of Agee talked over the phone and read names. He has a podcast called Steve Agee, Uhhh that is updated infrequently, the Andy Milonakis Show Steve Agee at the Internet Movie Database Steve Agee, Uhhh Podcast

Shakespearean actor and friend of Stoker's Sir Henry Irving was a possible real-life inspiration for the character of Dracula. The role was tailor-made to his dramatic presence, gentlemanly mannerisms, and affinity for playing villain roles. Irving, however, never agreed to play the part on stage.